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University  of  California  •  Berkeley 


DR.     ELVIRA     STEVENS    BARNEY    AT     SEVENTY- 
ONE  YEARS  OF  AGE. 


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THE  STEVENS  GENEALOGY 


EMBRACING  BRANCHES  OF  THE 
FAMILY  DESCENDED  FROM 


Puritan  Ancestry,  New  England  Families  not  Traceable 

to  Puritan  Ancestry  and  Miscellaneous 

Branches  Wherever  Found 


Together  with  an 


Extended  Account  of  the  Line  of  Descent  from 
1650  to  the  Present  Time  of  the  Author 


DR.  ELVIRA  STEVENS  BARNEY 


I  LIVE  IN  HOPE 


Stevens  and  Stephens  are  forms  of  the 
Greek  word  Stephanos.  The  root  from 
which  //  is  derived  means  a  crown. 

The  Stevens  arms  here  reproduced  is 
recorded  in  the  Visitations  of  Gloucester- 
shire, 1623,  and  lias  been  continuously  in 
use  by  English  and  American  members  of 
the  family.  Original  drawings  of  this  eoat 
of  arms  may  be  seen  in  the  British  Museum. 
It  is  shown  in  earnings  at  Chavenagh 
House,  and  on  famil\  tombs. 

The  several  mottoes  adopted  h\  different 
branches  of  the  family  have  been  but  varia- 
tions of  the  one  here  presented:  "/  live  in 
hope." 


Table  of  Contents. 


PART    I. 
Stevens  Families  of  Puritan  Ancestry. 

SECTION.  PAGE. 

Introduction 16 

I      William  Stevens,  of  ( iloucester,  Mass 21 

II.  Ebenezer   Steevens,  of  Killingworth,  Conn 24 

III.  The   Cnshmaii-Stevens    Families,  of   New    Kngland 39 

IV.  The  Hapgood-Stevens  Families,  of  Marlboro,  Mass 43 

V.  Henry  Stevens,  of  Stonington,  Conn 45 

VI.  Thomas  Stevens,  of   Moston,  Mass 49 

VII.  Thomas  Stevens,  of  East  Haven,  Conn 50 

II 11.  The    Pierce-Stevens    Family,   of   Gloucester.    Mass 60, 


I 'ART    II. 

Sterens  Families  of  New  England. 
I      Samuel  Stevens,  of  Woodstock,  Me 85 

II.  Fzra  Stevens,  of  Kuckfield,  Me <^ 

III.  Andrew  Stevens,  of  Montpelier,  Vt <)8 

I\  .     Thomas  Stevens,  of  Worcester,  Mass K>J 

\'.     Simon  Stevens,  of  New  Hampshire ion 


VIII. 


THE   STEVENS    GENEALOGY. 


SECTION.  PAGE. 

VI.  Dr.  Cyprian  Stevens,  of  Maine 109 

VII.  Thomas  Stevens,  of  Thomaston,  Ale no 

VIII.  Levi  Stevens,  of  Xe\v   Fngland,  and  others 113 

IX.  Daniel  Stevens,  Jr.,  of  Concord,  N.  H 117 

X.  The  Jewitt- Pease-Stevens  Families  of  Lynne,  Conn 118 

XL     Francis  Stevens,  of  Worcester,   Mass 118 

XII.  \Yilliam  Stevens,  of  Thomaston,  Me 121 

XIII.  Benjamin  Steven>,  of  Xew  Market,  N.  H 125 

XIV.  The  Felt-Stevens   Families,  of  Maine 130 

XV.  Phineas  Stevens,  of  Suf field.  Conn 134 

XVI.  Miscellaneous  Stevens  Families  of  Taunton.  Mass 137 

XVII.  Lyman  Stevens,  of  Essex  county,  Mass 138 


PART    III. 

Miscellaneous  Stevens  Families. 

I.  Joseph  Stevens,  of  Painted  Post.  X.  V 149 

II.  William    Steven^   <>f    Kdisto   Island,   S.    C 157 

III.  The  Ra\\ -son-Stevens  Family,  of  Palmyra,  N.  Y 158 

IV.  John    Stevens,   of   Tiskilwa,   111 161 

V.  Joshua  C.  Stephens,  of  Canisteo,  N.  Y 162 

VI.  Fbenezer  Stevens,  of  Kingston,  N.  Y 166 

VII.  Joshua  Stevens,  of  South  Carolina 166 

VIII.  The    Philbrick-Stevens   Family,  of  Kingston,   N.  Y 170 


TABLE   OF   CONTENTS.  IX 

SECTION.  PAGE. 

IX.  ^  Ebenezer  Stevens,  of  Rockaway,  N.  Y 173 

X.  Abraham  Stevens,  of  Cornwall,  England 175 

XI.  The   Stevens   Family,  of  France 181 

XII.  Jonathan  Stevens,  of  Canada 182 


PART  IV. 

The  Ancestral  Line  of  Dr.  Elvira  Stevens  Barney 

From  1650  to  the  Present  Time. 

Page  193. 


PART  V. 

A  Biographical  Sketch  of  Dr.  Elvira  Stevens  Barney 
Page  257. 


X. 


Till-:    STKVKNS    GENEALOGY 


APPENDIX. 


I.  Differences 275 

II.  My  Trip  South 277 

III.  Open  Letter 281 

INDEX. 

I.  To  Names  of  Persons  Born  Steevens 293 

II.  To  Names  of  Persons  Born  Stephens 293 

III.  To  Names  of  Persons  Born  Stevens 294 

IV.  To  Names  of  Persons  Not  Born  Stevens 303 


List  of  Illustrations. 


PAGE. 

1.  Dr.  Elvira  Stevens  Barney  at  71  Years  of  Age Frontispiece 

2.  Stevens  Coat  of  Arms V. 

3.  Mary  Elizabeth   Steevens 25 

4.  Mary    Steevens   Walton 29 

5.  William  Frederick  Walton 33 

6.  Susan  P.  A  very  Walton 37 

7.  Sears    Steevens 41 

8.  Nauvoo    Temple    Completed . 51 

9.  Nauvoo  Temple  in  Ruins,   1857 55 

10.  Homestead  of  James  R.  Stevens,  West  Haven,  Conn 59 

11.  James  Reynolds  Stevens,  of  West  Haven,  Conn 63 

12.  Thales  H.  Haskell  and  Family 67 

13.  Jonathan  Crosby 70 

14.  Alma  Crosby 75 

1 5.  Frances  Willard 79 

16.  Leon   McDonald   83 

17.  Eugene  Trouslot 87 

18.  Eveline   Farley 91 

19.  Rollin  B.  Trouslot  and  Barnard  F.  Stevens 95 

20.  Deacon  Horace  Barnes  and  Wife 99 

21.  Solon   Boomer  and  Lois  Barnes  Boomer 103 

22.  Orton    Barnes   and    Sisters 107 

23.  Arthur  H.  1  Janies 1  1  ' 


X. 


THE    STEVENS    GENEALOGY 


APPENDIX. 


I.  Differences 275 

II.  My  Trip  South 277 

III.  Open  Letter 281 


[NDEX. 

I.  To  Names  of  IVr>«»ns  Horn  Suwens 

II.  To  Names  of  Persons  Born  Stephens 

III.  To  Names  of  Persons  Born  Stevens 294 

IV.  To  Names  of  Persons  Not  Born  Stevens 303 


List  of  Illustrations. 


PA<>E. 

1.  Dr.  Elvira  Stevens  Barney  at  71  Years  of  Age Frontispiece 

2.  Stevens  Coat  of  Arms A  . 

3.  Mary  Elizabeth   Steevens 25 

4.  Mary    Steevens    Walton 29 

5.  William  Frederick  Walton 33 

6.  Susan  P.  A  very  Walton 37 

7.  Sears    Steevens 41 

8.  Nauvoo    Temple    Completed 51 

9.  Nauvoo  Temple  in  Ruins,   1857 55 

10.  Homestead  of  James  R.  Stevens,  West  Haven,  Conn 59 

11.  James  Reynolds  Stevens,  of  West  Haven,  Conn 63 

12.  Thales  H.  Haskell  and  Family 67 

13.  Jonathan  Crosby 70 

14.  Alma  Crosby 75 

1 5.  Frances  Willard 79 

16.  Leon   McDonald   83 

17.  Eugene  Trouslot 87 

18.  Eveline   Farley 91 

19.  Rollin  B.  Trouslot  and  Barnard  F.  Stevens 95 

20.  Deacon  Horace  Barnes  and  Wife 99 

21.  Solon  Boomer  and  Lois  Barnes  Boomer 103 

22.  Orton    Barnes   and    Sisters 107 

23.  Arthur  H .  I iarnes HI 


XII. 


THE   STEVENS    GENEALOGY. 


PAGE. 

24.  Hermon  Stevens,  of  Napanoch,  N.  Y 115 

25.  Lucretia  S.  Cone  Barnes 1 19 

26.  Addison  Pratt  and  Louisa  Barnes  Pratt 1 23 

^7-      Frances  Pratt 1 27 

2&-     Ann  Louisa  Pratt 131 

29.  Lois  Barnes  Boomer 135 

30.  Amelia  Stevens  Howell 139 

31.  Bennie   and   Jesse   Howell 143 

32.  Simon  Stevens,  Shelburne  Falls,  Mass 147 

33.  Mary  E.  Stevens,  Wife  of  Simon 151 

34.  Benjamin    Willard    Stevens 155 

35.  Ida  Stevens  Sullivan  and  Family 159 

36.  Rollin  B.  Trouslot 163 

37.  Laura  Barwise  Trouslot 171 

38.  Rollin  Cunnabell  Trouslot 179 

3<>      Lois  Ann  Stevens  Wilson 185 

40.  Lycurgus  Wilson 189 

41.  Barnard   Stevens 195 

42.  Mary  Boutwell  Stevens 199 

43.  Barnard  Field  Stevens  and  Family 203 

44.  Residence  of  Barnard  Field  Stevens 207 

45.  Barnard  Field  and  Wife 211 

46.  Dr.  Benjamin  Willard  Stevens 215 

47.  Amelia  Althea  Stevens 219 

48.  Philip  B.  Lewis 225 

49.  Jane  Amanda  Stevens 229 

50.  I  'hilip  Bessum  Lewis 235 


LIST   OF   ILLUSTRATIONS.  XIII. 

51.     Carlos  Stevens 241 

52.  Claudia  Brown  and  Husband 245 

53.  First  Residence  Built  by  Dr.  Elvira  S.  Barney 251 

54.  Dr.  Elvira  Stevens  Barney  at  50  Years  of  Age 256 

55.  Second  Residence  Built  by  Dr.  Elvira  Stevens  Barney 259 

56.  Third  Residence  Built  by  Dr.  Elvira  Stevens  Barney 263 

57-     Fourth  Residence  Built  by  Dr.  Elvira  Stevens  Barney 267 

58.     Headstone  Erected  by  Dr.  Elvira  Stevens  Barney 271 


Preface. 


Dear  Kinsfolk: 

After  many  years  of  labor,  I  feel  to  congratulate  myself  that  I 
have  thus  far  accomplished  my  purpose,  though  not  in  as  satisfactory 
a  manner  as  we  would  desire.  But  you  will  bear  in  mind,  I  feel  con- 
vinced, that  a  perfect  genealogical  record  is  impossible,  and  I  pass  this 
work  on  to  you  to  carry  forward  with  the  assurance  that  no  pains  have 
been  spared  on  my  part  to  make  it  as  complete  and  as  accurate  as  the 
circumstances  under  which  I  have  labored  would  permit. 

A  thousand  circulars  and  formulas  have  been  distributed  and  as 
many  more  letters  have  been  written.  Between  two  and  three  hundred 
genealogical  books  have  been  carefully  searched,  and  a  general  glean- 
ing has  been  carried  on,  with  thoroughness,  for  the  last  thirty  years. 
But  my  first  step  was  taken  at  about  the  age  of  fifteen  and  now  I  am 
seventy-five  years  of  age,  and  my  hope  is  that  wherever  this  book  is 
read  it  will  awaken  such  an  interest  that  a  greater  and  more  extended 
search  will  be  made  and  additional  branches  of  our  family  found. 

Zeno,  the  celebrated  philosopher,  when  he  inquired  of  the  Delphic 
oracle  what  manner  of  life  he  should  lead,  received  for  reply,  "Ask 
the  dead."  We  are  profited  by  an  acquaintance  with  the  character  and 
actions  of  the  wrise  and  good  of  other  days,  particularly  if  they  are  of 
our  own  kin.  It  is  true,  some  affect  to  be  indifferent  to  such  matters 
on  the  principle  that  we  judge  of  a  man  as  we  find  him  and  not  on  the 
merits  of  his  ancestors,  but  such  feelings  are  not  in  harmony  with  those 
of  the  student  of  history  and  of  hereditary  genius.  A  knowledge  of  the 
actions  of  our  noble  ancestors  will  imbue  us  with  a  deep  sense  of  our 
indebtedness  for  the  privileges  we  enjoy  and  stimulate  us  to  preserve 
and  transmit  their  characteristics  to  generations  yet  unborn. 

That  this  work  may  have  the  effect  of  an  incentive  to  such  a  con- 
summation, particularly  upon  all  who  are  of  the  Stevens  blood,  is  the 
desire  of 

THE  AUTHOR, 

Salt  Lake  City  Utah.  Born  Mar.  17,  1832. 

March  17,  1907. 


THE  STEVENS  GENEALOGY. 


Stevens  Families  of  Puritan  Ancestry. 


INTRODUCTION. 

President  Eliot,  of  Harvard  university,  during  a  short  visit  to  Utah 
in  1892,  said  that  his  mind  "involuntarily  went  back  to  the  first  jour- 
ney across  the  wilderness  by  civilized  men  and  women,  to  the  planting 
of  this  superb  colony  by  a  Christian  church." 

"It  reminded  me,"  he  continued,  ''of  another  planting  two  hundred 
and  fifty-six  years  ago,  a  planting  of  another  Christian  church  by  the 
Puritans  and  Pilgrims  in  \e\v  England." 

And  because  of  this  likeness  between  the  experiences  of  the  two 
colonies,  it  is  probable  that  no  people  living  can  so  fully  appreciate  the 
Puritans  as  can  the  Pioneers.  This  being  true,  those  of  our  readers 
who  are  acquainted  with  the  settlement  of  Utah  will  find  it  an  easy 
matter  to  let  their  sympathies  go  out  to  the  early  settlers  of  Xew  Eng- 
land, while  we  briefly  review  their  persecutions  for  religious  belief, 
their  drivings,  their  exile  from  civilization,  their  sufferings  in  a  new 
country  and  their  final  triumph  in  the  founding  of  a  great  common- 
wealth. 

We  shall  not  find  so  difficult,  therefore,  the  duty  we.  owe  to  this 
study ;  for,  without  doubt,  the  first  concern  of  a  student  of  genealogy 
is  to  become  acquainted  with  the  environment  in  which  the  subjects  of 
his  inquiry  played  their  parts.  So  only  can  he  introduce  color  into  the 
picture.  To  the  proper  study  of  genealogy  must  be  brought  not  only 
the  understanding  but  the  affections. 

Commencing,  then,  with  the  dissent,  as  early  as  1564,  from  the 
liturgy  and  discipline  of  the  Established  Church  of  England,  we  first 
have  the  name  "Puritaine"  applied  to  those  who  refused  to  kneel  in  par- 
taking of  the  sacrament,  who  objected  to  the  use  of  the  cross  in  baptism 
and  of  the  ring  in  marriage,  and  to  the  dress  of  the  clergy  when  exer- 
cising their  holy  functions.  Their  contention  was  that  the  breaking 


l8  THE   STEVENS   GENEALOGY 

away  from  the  domination  of  Rome  by  King  Henry  VIII.  was  only  a 
half-hearted  measure;  that  the  manner  of  performing  these  ceremonies 
smacked  too  much  of  Catholicism. 

The  hard  intolerance  of  the  times  soon  brought  down  upon  their 
constantly  increasing  numbers  the  hand  of  persecution.  They  were  scat- 
tered and  peeled.  Many  were  burned  at  the  stake,  while  others  sought 
refuge  in  disordered  flight.  Some  of  the  more  daring  held  together  in 
congregations  throughout  England,  but  their  meetings  were  of  neces- 
sity convened  in  secret  and,  for  the  most  part,  under  shelter  of  night, 
and  were  overhung  by  the  constant  fear  of  the  officers  of  the  law.  One 
of  these  assemblies  would  present  a  familiar  spectacle  to  a  Mormon  mis- 
sionary of  today,  being  made  up  of  men  and  women  from  all  the  towns 
and  cities  for  perhaps  twenty  miles  around,  "one  of  a  city  and  two  of  a 
family." 

A-  to  the  character  of  these  people,  we  may  here  pause  for  a  mo- 
ment to  quote  the  eminent  historian,  Douglas  Campbell.  Speaking  of 
the  reign  of  King  James  I.,  he  says : 

"The  mass  of  Englishmen  were  living  a  life  of  practical  heathen- 
ism. The  man.  outside  the  ranks  of  the  avowed  Catholics,  who  lived  a 
life  of  chastity  and  sobriety,  avoided  gambling  and  profanity,  especially 
if  he  maintained  family  devotions,  kept  the  Sabbath,  and  attended 
rhurch  with  regularity,  was.  by  the  people  at  large,  ridiculed  as  a  Turi- 
Ian.' 

In  the  closing  days  of  Queen  Elizabeth,  when  the  Puritans  had  been 
mostly  suppressed  or  driven  into  banishment,  one  of  these  congrega- 
tions existed  in  Gainsborough-upon-Trent,  in  the  county  of  Lincoln, 
some  twelve  miles  north  of  Boston,  with  the  Rev.  John  Smyth  as  their 
pastor.  Of  his  congregation  we  know  but  two  members,  William  Brad- 
ford, who  afterward  became  the  governor  of  Plymouth,  and  William 
Brewster,  of  Scrooby,  a  little  hamlet  of  Nottinghamshire,  about  twrenty 
miles  distant.  To  their  number,  in  1604,  was  added  John  Robinson, 
a  refugee  minister,  a  graduate  of  Cambridge,  who  soon  after  led  the 
historic  exodus  from  Scrooby  into  Holland. 

John  Smyth  and  his  followers,  "could  not  long  continue  in  any 
peaceable  condition,''  where  they  were,  "but  were  hunted  and  persecuted 
on  every  side."  until  in  1606,  the  pastor,  with  a  few  of  his  flock,  re- 
moved to  Amsterdam,  Holland,  where  "for  the  most  part."  writes  Brad- 
ford, "they  buried  themselves  and  their  names." 

lint  of  the  little  band  who  gathered  about  John  Robinson  at 
Scroobv.  history  has  a  different  stnrv  to  tell.  After  some  of  their  num- 


*  The  Puritans.  Vol.  II.  i>. 


STEVENS   FAMILIES   OF   PURITAN   ANCESTRY  1 9 

her  had  been,  "taken  and  clapt  into  prison/'  to  use  again  the  quaint 
wording  and  orthography  of  the  times,  and  "others  had  their  houses 
beset  and  watcht  night  and  day  and  hardly  escaped"  the  hands  of  their 
persecutors,  "ye  most  were  faine  to  flie  and  leave  their  bowses  and  hab- 
itations, and  the  means  of  their  livelihood" ;  and,  seeing  "that  there  was 
no  hope  for  their  continuance  ther,  by  joynte  consente,  they  resolved  to 
goe  into  ye  Low  Countries,  wher  they  heard  was  freedome  of  Religion 
for  all  men."*  The  flight  of  this  company  from  England  was  made  in 
1608;  and  after  a  stay  of  twelve  years  in  Leyden,  it  was  this  company 
who,  in  1620,  took  passage  on  the  Mayflower  for  the  new  world. 

Not  until  the  period  from  1630  to  1640,  however,  were  the  colonies 
in  Massachusetts  firmly  established.  Commencing  with  the  arrival  of 
seventeen  vessels  in  1630,  the  migration  of  the  Puritans  from  England 
may  be  said  fairly  to  have  begun.  From  then  till  war  became  imminent 
between1  the  adherents  of  King  Charles  I.  and  the  forces  that  rallied 
to  the  standard  of  Cromwell,  refugees  came  pouring  into  New  England 
by  the  shipload.  But  they  came  illy  prepared  for  the  warfare  that 
awaited  them  on  the  shores  of  New  England.  Most  of  them  were 
dealers,  tradesmen  and  millhands,  ignorant  of  the  soil.  They  came 
scantily  provisioned,  stripped  of  their  means,  weak  arid  weary  from  the 
long  sea  voyage,  to  take  up  the  struggle  for  existence  in  a  strange  land 
surrounded  by  hostile  Indians.  No  wonder  the  celebration  of  their 
achievements  gave  wings  to  the  words  of  the  orator  in  his  beautiful 
apostrophe  on  the  Pilgrims. 

"Shut  now  the  volume  of  history,"  says  the  inspired  Everett,  "and 
tell  me,  on  any  principle  of  human  probability,  what  shall  be  the  fate 
of  this  handful  of  adventurers?  Tell  me,  man  of  military  science,  in 
how  many  months  were  they  swept  off  by  the  thirty  savage  tribes  enum- 
erated within  the  early  limits  of  New  England?  Tell  me,  politician, 
how  long  did  this  shadow  of  a  colony,  on  which  your  conventions  and 
treaties  had  not  smiled,  languish  on  the  distant  coast?  Student  of  his- 
tory, compare  for  me  the  baffled  projects,  the  deserted  settlements,  the 
abandoned  adventures,  of  other  times,  and  find  the  parallel  of  this. 
Was  it  the  winter's  storm,  beating  upon  the  houseless  heads  of  women 
and  children?  Was  it  hard  labor  and  spare  meals?  Was  it  disease? 
Was  it  the  tomahawk?  Was  it  a  deep  malady  of  a  blighted  hope,  a 
ruined  enterprise,  and  a  broken  heart,  aching,  in  its  last  moments,  at 
the  recollection  of  the  loved  and  left,  beyond  the  sea?  Was  it  some  or 
all  of  these  united,  that  hurried  this  forsaken  company  to  their  melan- 
choly fate?  And,  is  it  possible  that  neither  of  these  causes,  that  not  all 


Bradford's  History  of  Plymouth  Plantation,  p.   10. 


2O  THE   STKVKNS    r,H  XI-:  A  LOGY 


combined,  were  able  to  blast  this  bud  of  hope?  Is  it  possible  that  fn-ni 
a  beginning  so  feeble,  so  frail,  so  worthy,  not  so  much  of  admiration  as 
of  pity,  there  has  gone  forth  a  pr.  gr  —  s  -  steady,  a  growth  so  wonder- 
ful, an  expansion  so  ample,  a  reality  so  important,  a  promise,  yet  to  be 
fulfilled,  so  glorious?" 

P»nt  the  Puritans  were  not  only  to  face  the  dangers  and  hardships 
of  the  Xew  \Yorld.  but  were  to  be  subjected  to  accumulating  indigni- 
ties in  the  Old.  Driven  from  IK  MHO,  they  were  not  to  be  permitted  to 
go  in  peace.  During  the  first  few  years  of  their  exodus  no  obstacles 
were  placed  in  their  way  by  the  mother  country:  but,  word  coming  to 
the  ears  of  the  king  that  certain  liberties  were  being  taken  with  the  or- 
dinances of  religion  across  the  sea  laws  were  enacted  restricting  their 
departure. 

As  early  as  i'\^.  "Cotton.  Hooker  and  Stone  with  great  difficulty 
eluded  the  vigilance  of  the  pursuivants,  and  escaped  from  the  country.'' 
In  1635.  Richard  Mather  "Was  obliged  to  keep  close  till  the  vessel  was 
fairly  at  sea  :  and  Thomas  Shepard  embarked  under  the  assumed  name 
of  his  elder  brother,  John,  a  husbandman." 

In  April,  1037,  a  proclamation  was  issued,  "to  restrain  the  disor- 
derly transporting  of  his  Majesty's  subjects  to  the  colonies  without 
leave.''  It  commanded  that.  "n«»  license  should  be  given  them,  without 
a  certificate  that  they  had  taken  the  oaths  of  supremacy  and  allegiance, 
and  had  conformed  to  the  discipline  of  the  Church  of  England."  In 
May.  H^S.  a  fresh  proclamation  was  made,  "commanding  owners  and 
masters  of  vessels,  that  they  do  not  fit  out  with  passengers  and  pro- 
visions to  Xew  England,  without  license  from  the  commissioners  of 
plantations/'4 

These  restrictions  gave  rise  to  various  devices  for  misleading  the 
officials  of  the  crown,  and,  "many  English  people  took  advantage  of 
passports."  held  by  others,  "to  leave  the  realm  in  the  character  of  their 
servants  ;  but  this  subterfuge  being  discovered,  recourse  was  generally 
obliged  to  be  had  to  strategems  of  a  more  subtle  kind." 

Thus  it  came  about  that  only  those  men  and  women  who  were  in 
deadly  earnest  for  the  cause  of  truth,  had  the  temerity  to  come.  They 
were  picked  men  and  women,  morally  and  intellectually,  the  salt  of  the 
earth.  Undaunted  by  persecution,  having  the  courage  of  their  con- 
victions in  the  face  of  every  opposition,  garnered  from  all  England, 
they  were  a  sturdy,  self-reliant.  ( iod-fearing  race.  \Yell  might  a 
parallel  be  drawn  between  the  Puritans  and  the  Pioneers. 

*  X.  E.  H.  &  G.  Reg.  Vol.  V.  p.  151. 


THE  STEVENS  GENEALOGY. 


PART  I. 
Stevens  Families  of  Puritan  Ancestry. 


SECTION  I. 
WILLIAM  STEVENS,  of  Gloucester,  Mass. 

WILLIAM  STEVENS,  a  ship  carpenter,  was  one  of  the  first 
settlers  of  Salem,  and  is  entitled  to  honorable  mention  for  his  mechan- 
ical skill,  his  inflexible  honesty  and  his  services  in  various  public  offices. 

He  came  to  New  Kngland  before  K^J,  and  probably  had  his  resi- 
dence in  I  Boston,  Mass.,  or  its  vicinity.  From  his  ability  as  a  mechanic 
it  might  be  inferred  that  he  was  the  Mr.  Stevens  who.  in  March.  1634, 
was  to  receive  by  order  of  the  general  court,  ten  pounds,  for  seeing  to 
ihe  erection  of  a  movable  port  to  be  built  at  Boston. 

He  was  at  Salem,  in  1<\V>,  where,  one  note  says,  he  joined  the 
church  in  December,  1 030,,  and  where  his  children,  Isaac  and  Mary, 
were  baptized  on  January  2(>.  1(140,  and  his  daughter,  Ruth,  on  March 
7,  1641.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman  in  1040;  and,  in  1642,  he  ap- 
pears in  Gloucester  as  one  of  the  commissioners  appointed  by  the  gen- 
eral court  for  ordering  town  affairs,  and  he  was  a  representative  in  1^44. 

His  standing  among  the  early  settlers,  and  the  importance  of  his 
aid  in  promoting  the  prosperity  of  the  town,  are  sufficiently  indicated 
by  the  extraordinary  grant  of  land  he  received  (500  acres)  lying  be- 
tween Chebacco  and  Anisquam  rivers.  He  also  had  a  grant  of  six 
acres  of  land  on  the  Meeting  House  Neck;  but  his  residence  was  at  the 
cut,  near  the  beach,  where  he  had  eight  acres  of  land. 

He  was  a  selectman  several  years,  commissioner  for  ending  small 
causes,  town  clerk,  and,  for  four  years,  a  representative. 

I 'roof  of  his  mechanical  skill  .and  honesty  is  preserved  in  the  fol- 
lowing extract  from  a  letter  written  by  Kmanuel  Downing,  in  January, 
U>,^,  to  Hon.  Sir  John  C'oke.  one  of  the  Massachusetts  company  and 
an  officer  of  the   Knglish  government: 


22  THE   STEVENS   GENEALOGY 

"Being  last  night  at  the  Exchange,  I  inquired  what  ship-carpenter 
Mr.  Winthrop.  the  governor,  had  with  him  in  Xew  England.  I  was 
informed  by  Mr.  Alders,  Esq.,  the  Lord  Keeper's  brother-in-law,  and 
Mr.  Cradock.  that  the  governor  had  with  him  one  William  Stevens,  a 
shipwright,  so  able  a  man,  as  they  believe  there  is  hardly  such  another 
to  be  found  in  this  kingdom. 

"There  be  two  or  three  others,  but  for  want  of  their  names,  I  could 
not  be  satisfied  of  them.  This  Stevens,  hath  built  here  many  ships 
of  great  burthen,  he  made  the  Royal  Merchant,  of  600  tons ;  this  man, 
as  they  inform  me,  had  more  regard  to  his  substantial  performance  than 
the  wages  he  was  to  receive,  and  so  grew  to  prosperity ;  whereupon,  he 
was  preparing  to  go  to  Sprague,  where  he  knew  he  should  have  wages 
deservable  to  his  paynes,  had  not  some  friends  persuaded  him  to  New 
England,  where  he  now  lives  with  great  content.  Had  the  state  of 
Sprague  obtained  him,  he  should  have  been  as  a  precious  jewel  to  them." 

William  Stevens  also  had  a  new  England  fame,  being  undoubtedly 
"the  very  efficient  builder"  mentioned  by  Johnson,  one  of  our  early  his- 
torians. Nothing  is  known  pertaining  to  the  vessels  he  built  here,  ex- 
cept in  two  instances. 

A  ship  was  built  in  the  town  of  Gloucester,  as  early  as  1643,  by 
William  Stevens  and  other  ship  carpenters,  for  one  Mr.  Griffin.  Un- 
happily for  the  credit  of  some  of  the  workmen,  a  letter  has  been 
preserved  which  shows  that  they  were  guilty  of  such  misdemeanor  as 
required  the  interference  of  the  colonial  government,  and  called  for  an 
order  to  proceed  against  them  with  force. 

Johnson,  in  his  Wonder-Working  Proridcncc.  writing  of  this  period 
rakes  notice  of  the  good  shipping  timber  to  be  found  in  Gloucester,  and 
of  several  vessels  that  had  been  built  in  that  town,  and  mentions  a  "'very 
efficient  builder,"  in  illusion,  without  doubt,  to  William  Stevens,  who, 
in  1642-44.  and  again  in  1649,  was  one  °f  tne  principal  town  officers. 

After  a  lapse  of  twenty  years,  the  noted  shipwright  of  Gloucester, 
William  Stevens,  reappears  as  the  builder  of  a  ship  in  the  town. 
He  may  have  built  several  during  the  period,  but  not  till  1661.  can  any 
particulars  be  given.  He  agreed  to  build  a  ship  in  June  of  that  year,  of 
sixty-eight  feet  in  length  by  twenty-three  feet  in  width,  for  which  he 
was  to  be  paid  three  hundred  and  fifty  pounds  for  every  ton  of  the  ship's 
burden. 

This  worthy  citizen  was  no  less  distinguished  for  his  action  in  rela- 
tion to  political  affairs,  than  for  his  mechanical  abilities.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  general  court  in  1665,  when  the  colonial  government  made- 


STEVENS   FAMILIES   OF   PURITAN   ANCESTRY  2J 

a  noble  resistance  to  the  proceedings  of  the  commissioners  sent  over  by 
the  king  to  interfere  in  the  legislation  of  the  colony  in  a  manner  which 
was  justly  esteemed  to  be  an  infringement  of  colonial  rights  and  privi- 
leges. It  was  a  grave  offence  in  those  days  to  speak  evil  of  rulers,  and 
discretion  would  have  counseled  silence,  but  the  honest  indignation  of 
Mr.  Stevens,  spurning  all  restraints,  found  utterance  in  unmeasured 
terms  of  dislike. 

Four  of  his  neighbors  testified  in  a  quarterly  court  in  Salem  in  1667, 
to  his  declaring  "that  he  would  bear  no  office  in  this  jurisdiction,  nor 
anywhere  else,  where  Charles  Stuart  had  anything  to  do,  and  that  he 
cared  no  more  for  Charles  Stuart,  as  King,  than  for  any  other  man,  and 
that  he  abhorred  the  name  of  Charles  Stuart,  as  King." 

For  this  bold  and  rash  statement  of  his  hatred  for  the  King,  the 
offender  was  sentenced  to  a  month's  imprisonment,  to  pay  a  fine  of 
iwenty  pounds  and  costs,  and  to  be  deprived  of  his  privilege  as  a  free- 
man. 

Soon  after  this,  his  wife,  in  a  petition  to  the  general  court  for  re- 
lief, represents  him  as  deranged  and  herself  as  aged  and  having  a  family. 
He  soon  sank  into  poverty,  evidently,  for  he  mortgaged  a  part  of  his 
property  in  1667,  to  Francis  Willoughby,  of  Charlestown,  from  whom 
it  never  returned  to  him.  This  property  was  the  grant  of  500  acres  of 
land  spoken  of  previously,  "and  the  dwelling  house  on  it,  with  barns 
and  outhouses,"  and  his  "estate  at  the  Cut,  with  said  Gutt,  or  passage, 
for  boats  running  through  as  a  pass  and  repass  between  Cape  Ann  har- 
bor and  Anisquam." 

Another  portion  of  his  estate,  probably  consisting  of  the  previously 
mentioned  six  acres  of  land  on  the  Meeting  House  Neck  on  which  was 
a  new  house,  was  put  into  the  hands  of  his  sons,  James  and  Isaac,  in 
trust  for  their  mother,  Phillippa.  There  is  no  record  of  his  death  or  of 
a  settlement  of  his  estate. 

A  further  item  in  the  life  of  William  Stevens  is  found  in  the 
history  of  New  London,  by  Calkins,  where  mention  is  made  of  the 
fact  that  on  the  first  ordering  and  disposing  of  the  affairs  of  Gloucester, 
by  Mr.  Endicott  and  Mr.  Downing,  eight  men  were  chosen  to  manage 
its  prudential  concerns,  and  that  William  Stevens  was  one  of  the  num- 
ber. 

I;roni  the  foregoing  account,  we  glean  that  William  Stevens  mar- 
ried Phillippa,  who  died  August  31,  1681,  and  had  children  as  follows: 


Till-:    STEVENS    GENEALOGY 


I.  I>aac  Stevens. 

II.  Mary  Stevens,  who  were  both  baptized  on  January  26,  1640. 

III.  Ruth  Stevens,  who  was  baptized  on  March  7,  1641. 

James  Stevens,  who  was  a  deacon  in  the  church  at  Gloucester, 

Mass..  and  who  married  Susan  Eveleth. 
\Yilliam  Stevens,  who  was  born  March  10,  i<>^ 
John   Stevens,   who   was   born   January   23.    1661.   and   who 
died  January  30,  1661. 

Samuel  Stevuis.  who  was  born  December  5.  1^05.  and  who, 
in   1693.  married  Mary  Elery. 


!\ 


VI, 


VII. 


SECTK  )X  II. 


EBENEZER    STEEVENS,  of  Killingwonh.  Conn. 


liv  the  courusv  <>i  Mary  Elizabeth  Steeveiis.  of  the  Thompson 
Home.  Detroit.  Mich.,  who  has.  in  the  main,  so  far  completed  this  inter- 
esting- line  of  genealogy,  the  following  information  is  obtained,  chiefly 
from  an  old  letter  written  by  Mary  Steevens  Walton,  daughter  of  Adine 

ens. 

EI'.EXE/ER  STKFAT.XSwas  born  in  England  about  1600.  an/1 
came  to  America  in  1^40.  where  he  married  and  died  in  Kenilworth, 
afterwards  called  Killingworth,  and  now,  Clinton.  Conn.  A  desire  for 
adventure  led  him  and  a  cousin,  who  settled  in  Xew  York  where  he  died, 
to  the  r.ew  world.  He  had  one  son  : 

Elx-nez^r  Steeveiis,  Jr..  born  in  Killingworth.  who  married  a  hand- 

e  lady.  Miss  Lily  ( iriswold.  whose  family,  tradition  has  it,  came 
over  in  the  Mayflower.  He  is  described  as  a  tall,  fine  looking  man, 
while  she  was  small  in  stature  and  of  delicate,  intellectual  features. 
They  removed  from  Killingworth  to  Salisbury.  Litchfield  county.  Conn., 
and  were  the  seventh  family  to  settle  in  that  town.  She  writes  of  this 
migration  that  they  "settled  in  the  wilds  of  America,  where  were  no 
carriage  roads."  she  "came  on  horseback,  and  the  goods  in  carts."  They 
purchased  some  land  near  the  oil  works,  and  "lived  in  constant  fear  of 
the  Indians."  They  "worshiped  in  a  fort,  which  was  surrounded  by  a 
guard,  a  mile  or  two  distant"  from  their  dwelling.  They  were  the  par- 
f  four  sons  and  ten  daughter-,  as  follows: 


MARY  ELIZABETH  STEEVENS. 
(At  66  Years  of  age.) 


STEVENS    FAMILIES   OF    PURITAN    ANCESTRY  27 

I.  Ebenezer  Steevens,  3d.,  who  fell  at  the  storming  of  Quebec. 

He  was  a  lieutenant. 

II.  Frederick  Steevens,  who  was  a  second  lieutenant,  and  who  was 

taken  prisoner  and  died  at  Montreal. 

III.  Elizabeth  Steevens,  who  married  Col.  James  Coon.    He  was 

engaged  at  the  battle  of  Quebec,  and  his  two  sons  achieved 
military  honors  in  the  war  of  1812. 

IV.  Deborah   Steevens,   who   married   Zera   Beach,   of   Balstron 

Springs,  where  they  kept  a  fashionable  boarding  house. 
They  had  several  children,  but  only  two  are  named,  as 
follows : 

1.  Miles  Beach,  who  was  a  merchant  and  who  married  a 

Miss  Warner,  of  Troy,  N.  Y. 

2.  A.  S.  Beach,  who  was  a  judge  and  an  eminent  member 
of  the  New  York  bar. 

One  daughter  married  Dudley  Farlin,  a  member  of  Congress. 

V.  Zaclie  Steevens,  who  married  Dr.  Joseph  Hamilton,  an  eminent 

physician,  of  Hudson,  N.  Y.  Their  children  settled  in  the 
South. 

VI.  Lucy  Steevens,  who  married  a  Mr.  Allen,  a  surgeon. 

VII.  Abigail  Steevens,  who  married  a  Mr.  Smith,  and  settled  in 
Vermont. 

VIII.  Thankful  Steevens,  who  married  a  Mr.  Canfield,  a  wealthy 
farmer,  and  removed  to  western  New  York. 

IX.  Mindwell    Steevens,  who    married    Mr.  Calkins,  a    wealthy 

farmer. 

X.  Asenath    Steevens,    who   married    Capt.    Jared    Harrison,    of 

Litchfield  county.  Conn.    They  had  children,  as  follows : 

i.     Olive  Harrison,  who  married  Mr.  Spencer,  of  Utica.  X. 
Y.  and  had  children  as  follows: 

i.     Ambrose    Spencer,    who   married    Miss   Clinton,   a 

niece  of  Gov.  D.  H.  Clinton. 

ii.      Alnrtnn  Spencer,  who  was  a  graduate  of  Harvard, 
iii.      Ah  is  Spencer,  who  married  Judge  Strong. 


28  TIIK    STF.VKXS    GF.XKAI/JG  Y 

Sally  Harrison. 

3.  Frederick  Harrison,  who  married  and  left  one  son. 

4.  J  ired  Steeyens  Harrison,     who     married  Hannah  Lee, 

•  laughter  of  Jonathan  Lee,  of  Pittsfield.  She  died  June 
10,  1824,  at  Salisbury.  He  died  April  28,  1864.  They 
liad  children,  as  follows  : 

i.     Caroline  l»nlklcy  Harrison,  who  was  born    August 

1809,    and   who    married    on    July    20,     1835, 

Samuel     Haight    Adee.    They    had    children,    as 

follows  : 

(  i  ).     Hannah  Lee  Adee,  who  was  born  April  21, 


(2).      I  knry  Clay  Adee.    who    was    born  July  28, 
[846. 

William  Henry  Harrison,  who  was  born  June  6, 
1812.  and  died  March  20.  1835,  at  Salisbury,  Conn. 
Ann  Corneli-i  Harrison,  who  was  born  February 
4,  1814.  She  married  George  Harrow,  born  May 
r.erkman.  X.  V.  a  cabinet  maker,  and 
had  children,  as  follows: 

i  ii      William  Darrow  who  was  born  October  31, 
1837,  in  Amenia.  X.  Y..  and  died  in  1838. 
William  Darrow.    who    was  born  December 

3-i.  IS: 

13)  George   11.   Darrow.  who  was  born  July  4, 
1843.  at  Salisbury. 

14)  Alice  Darrow.  who  was  born   May  3,   1847. 
and  died  in   1851. 

Jartd  Darrow  who  was  born  October  3,  1856, 
and  died  at  Jamestown.  Cal..  (  )ctober  3,  1856. 

Alexander  S.  Harrison,  who  was  born  October  14, 
1  8  10,  and  married  on  September  28.  1842,  Marian 
K.  r.issell,  daughter  of  William  P>issell  and  Annie 
Eliza  Loveland.  She  was  born  April  15,  1823. 
They  hid  children,  as  follows: 


MARY  STEEVENS  WALTON. 
(At  89  Years  of  age.) 


STEVENS   FAMILIES   OF   PURITAN   ANCESTRY  3! 

(1)  Carrie  Harrison,  who  was  born  July  3,  1845, 
and  died  in  March,  1848,  at  Salisbury. 

(2)  Maria  B.  Harrison,  who  was  born  February 
26,    1847,   ancl   died   April    i,    1864,   at   Xev 
Britain,  Conn. 

(3)  Ellen  M.  Harrison,  who  was  born  November 
8,  1848. 

(4)  Harriet  E.  Harrison,  who  was  born  Septem- 
ber 23,  1851. 

(5)  Edward  F.  Harrison,  who  was  born  January 
13,  J854- 

(6)  William  B.  Harrison,  who  was  born  Septem- 
ber 2,  1864,    and   died    October    13,  1865,  at 
. \menia,  X.  Y. 

v.  Mary  H.  Harrison,  who  was  born  September  20, 
1818,  and  married  William  F.  Ingersoll,  of  Ame- 
nia,  a  mail  contractor.  She  died  October  31,  1866. 
They  had  children,  as  follows : 

(1)  Alary  Ingersoll,  who  was  born  April  5,  1840. 

(2)  Charles  Ingersoll,    who   was   born  May  10, 
1844,  in  Amenia,  and    died    July  I,  1863,  at 
Harper's  Ferry. 

(3)  William  H.  Ingersoll,  who  was  born  Febru- 
ary 20,  1847,  and  died  August  26,  1870. 

(4)  Harriet  Lee  Ingersoll,  who  was  born  Febru- 
ary 6,  1850. 

(5)  Frank  Ingersoll,  who  was  born  August  20, 
1853- 

(6)  Kate  Ingersoll,  who  was  born  April  i,  1857, 
in  Amenia,  where  she  died  September  I,  1868. 

vi.  Hannah  Lee  Harrison,  who  was  born  March  6, 
1821,  and  died  October  16,  1869.  She  married  on 
June  5,  1846,  James  Orr,  who  was  born  Novem- 
ber 21,  1823,  son  of  James  Orr,  a  lawyer,  and  Jea- 
nette  Sharp,  both  of  Scotland.  They  had  children 
as  follows  : 


32  THE    STEVENS    GENEALOGY 

i  i  )      Ella  M.  Orr.  who  was  born  June  17.   1847, 
and  died  February  28.  1848. 

Jared  H.  (  )rr.  who  was  born  November  15. 

1848.  and  who  practiced  law  in  Michigan  City. 

Margaret  C.  Orr,  who  was  born  March  2, 

185.'. 

141      Alice  Lee  <  )rr.  who  was  born  May  12,  1854. 

XI.      Lydia  Steevens. 

Nil.  Joel  Steevens.  who  was  a  farmer  of  Killing-worth.  Conn., 
married  Lydia  Hurd.  They  lived  near  Rochester.  N.  Y. 

Nil  I.  Adine  Steevens.  who  was  born  in  Salisbury,  Litchfield 
county.  Cnnn..  and  who  married  on  March  25th,  1/92,  Abi- 
gail Bradley.  She  was  born  in  Detroit,  Mich.,  where  he 
died  while  on  a  visit  to  his  son  Frederick,  in  1839,  and 
where  he  was  buried  in  Flmwood  cemetery.  They  had  five 
children,  but  we  have  record  of  only  tlr  Hows: 

i.  Mary  Steevens.  who  was  born  Januarv  _N.  17' 13.  and 
who  married  Frederick  Augustus  \Yalton,  on  January 
23,  1816.  He  was  born  March  18.  17^4.  at  Salisbury, 
Conn.,  son  of  Dr.  \\~illiam  \Yalton  and  Polly,  his  wife, 
and  died  November  2  She  died  at  the  residence 

of  her  grandson,  AYilliam  F.  \Yalton.  in  Salisbury,  on 
January  i<».  1884.  lacking  only  five  days  of  being  ninety- 
one  years  of  age.  and  was  buried  by  the  side  of  her  hus- 
band. They  had  one  s<  >n  : 

i.  Frederick  Augustus  \Yalton.  Jr..  who  was  born 
March  iu.  1817.  and  who  married  on  November 
12.  1844.  Caroline  r.arnum,  who  was  born  May  8, 
iSjj.  and  was  still  living  in  180,5.  He  was  a  farm- 
er and  a  member  of  the  Legislature  from  Salisbury, 
and  died  October  5.  1861.  They  had  two  sons,  as 
f ollow  s  : 

(i)     YV'illiam   Frederick  \Yalton,  who    was  born 
\  ember  18.  1845.  an<l  wno  married,  Decem- 
ber 5.   1,^.5.  Susan   P.  A  very.     They  had  one 
son,   Frederick  Avery  Walton,  who  was  born 
July  jij.  iSnf).  and  who  married  on  January  3, 
.  Loretta  F.  Manle. 


WILLIAM   FREDERICK  WALTON. 


STEVENS   FAMILIES   OF   PURITAN   ANCESTRY  35- 

(2)  George  Milo  Walton,  who  was  born  August 
u,  1847,  and  wno  married  on  October  27, 
1871,  Caroline  Barnum  Bunnell,  who  was 
born  July  13,  1851,  at  Pine  Plains,  N.  Y., 
daughter  of  Henry  Bunnell  and  Alma  Good- 
rich, of  Williston,  N.  Y.  Mr.  Walton  was  a 
member  of  the  State  Legislature  in  1877,  an-1 
has  served  as  Selectman  for  the  Town  of 
Sharon,  Conn.,  for  three  years.  They  have 
four  children  ,  as  follows  : 

a.  Charles  Goodrich  Walton,  who  was  born 

July  27,  1873. 

b.  Jennie  Bell  Walton,  who  was  born  March 

29,  1875. 

c.  Alma  Caroline  Walton,  who  was  born  on 

January  20,   1878. 

d.  William  Frederick  Walton,  who  was  born 

November  18,  1884,  none  of  whom  were 
married  in  1896. 

2.  Frederick  Harrison  Steevens,  who  married  on  April  n, 
1819,  Alba  Fliza  Sears,  of  Hudson,  N.  Y.  He  was  a 
man  of  note  in  his  day,  serving  as  president  of  the 
Michigan  State  Bank,  as  President  of  the  Michigan 
State  Board,  and  as  Judge  of  Oakland  county,  Mich. 
He  was  sent  by  President  Polk  to  Mackinaw  as  Indian 
Agent.  He  was  an  ardent  Freemason  from  1815  till 
the  day  of  his  death  in  July,  1850,  and  was  buried  with 
Masonic  honors  in  Elm  wood  cemetery,  Detroit.  He 
had  two  children,  as  follows  : 

i.  Sears  Steevens,  who  was  born  July  8,  1823,  in 
Julesburg,  Conn.,  and  educated  at  St.  Paul's  Col- 
lege, Long  Island,  and  who  married  on  November 
4,  1869,  Emma  Bealy,  and  died  April  13,  1888, 
leaving  a  widow  and  six  children,  as  follows  : 

(i)  Frederick  B.  Steevens.  who  was  born  Janu- 
ary 22,  1872. 


THE   STEVENS   GENEALOGY 

(2)  Sears  Steevens,  Jr.,  who  was  born  February 
i,  1874. 

(3)  Abba  E.  Steevens,  who  was  born  March  12, 
1876. 

(4)  "\Yilliam  "\Y.  Steevens,  who  was  born  March 
22,  1878. 

(5)  Henry  M.  Steevens,  who  was  born  October 
14,  1881. 

(6)  Grace  M.  Steevens,  who  was  born  July  4, 
1886. 

ii.  Mary  Elizabeth  Steevens.  who  was  born  October 
io,  1825,  at  Hudson,  X.  Y.  Since  1874,  when  she 
fell  and  broke  her  leg,  she  has  used  a  crutch,  and 
says,  in  her  correspondence:  "Since  1887  I  hav? 
been  very  comfortably  situated  in  the  Thompson 
Home,  of  Detroit,  Michigan,  where,  with  many 
other  old  ladies,  I  am  provided  with  comforts  and 
friends." 

3.  Julia  Ann  Steevens,  who  was  born  in  1804,  at  Salisbury, 
Conn.,  and  who  married  John  Jewit,  and  died  in  1834. 
They  had  two  children  as  follows : 

i.     Mary  "\Y.  Jewit,  who  married  John  Sears,  of  Illinois, 
ii.     Julia  A.  Jewit.    who    married    Nathan   Sears,  of 
Xew  Jersey. 

XI Y.     Beulah  Steevens,  who  married  a  Mr.  Gold. 

There  are,  as  will  be  noted,  several  vigorous  branches  of  this  gen- 
ealogical tree  whose  lines  the  author  is  unable  to  trace  for  want  of  def- 
inite information. 


SUSAN  P.  AVERY   WALTON. 


STKVF.XS    FAMILIES   OF    PURITAN    AXCFSTRY  39 


SECTION    III. 

THE  CUSHM AN  STEVENS  FAMILIES,  of  New  England. 

ROBERT  Cl  'SI  I. MAX,  who  is  reputed  to  be  the  ancestor  of  all 
the  Cushmans  in  the  I'nited  States,  was  probably  born  in  England  be- 
tween 1580  and  1585.  He  had  one  son  : 

Thomas  Cushman,  who  was  born  in  February,  1606.  He  was 
probably  in  the  May  Flower  in  1620.  He  had  one  son  : 

Thomas  C.  Cushman,  who  was  born  September  16,  1632.  He 
first  married  Ruth  Rowland,  a  daughter  of  John  Rowland,  "one  of  the 
old  comers/'  on  November  17,  1664.  She  was  living  when  her  father's 
will  was  made  on  May  24,  1672.  He  married,  second,  on  October  16, 
1679,  Abigail  Feeler,  of  Rhehoboth.  He  died  August  23,  1726.  He 
had  one  son : 

Robert  Cushman,  of  Kingsto  i,  who  was  born  on  October  4,  1664. 
He  first  married  Persia,  who  d'ed  at  Kingston  on  January  14, 
1743-4,  at  the  age  of  eighty.  He  married,  second,  in  February,  1744-5. 
Prudence  Sherman,  of  Marshfield,  "a  maiden  turned  seventy."  He 
died  at  Kingston  on  September  7,  1757  at  the  age  of  92  years,  n  months 
and  3  days.  Robert  had  two  sons : 

I.  Thomas   Cushman,   who  was   born   February    14,    1706.      He 

died  June  13,  1768.     He  had  one  son: 

John  Cushman,  who  was  born  January  15,  1759  and  died  in 

April,  1799.  He  first  married  Deborah  Harrows.  He  married, 

second,  in  1798,  Betsy  Pierce.     He  was  a  farmer  residing 

in  North  Yarmouth  and  died  at  New  Gloucester,  Me.     He 

had  one  son  : 

Nathaniel  Pierce  Cushman,  who  was  born  on  April  6,  1792. 

He  married  Selina  Sibley  on  July  4,  1821,  and  they  resided 

in  Portland.  Me.     He  had  one  daughter: 

Silvina  Pierce  Cushman,  who  was  born  on   May   14,   1824. 

She  married  on  January  13,  1845,  Benjamin  Stevens,  Jr.,  of 

Portland,  Me. 

II.  Joshua  Cushman,  who  was  born  on  October    14,    1708.     He 

died  at   Marshfield  on  March  25,   1764.    He  married,  first, 
on  January  j.   1733,  Mary  Soule,  daughter  of  Josiah  Soule. 


40  THE   STEVENS   GENEALOGY 

of  Duxbury.  She  was  born  on  December  6,  1706.  He 
married,  second,  on  March  8,  1752,  Deborah  Ford,  of  Marsh  - 
field,  who  was  born  in  1718  and  who  died  on  July  i,  1789. 
He  came  from  Lebanon,  Conn.,  and  settled  in  Duxbury. 
Joshua  had  one  son  : 

Paul  Cushman,  who  was  born  in  1741.  He  married  Ann 
Parke,  and  he  died  at  the  home  of  his  daughter,  Eurebia,  at 
P.ath.  X.  H.,  in  February,  1808.  She  died  at  Dalton,  N.  H., 
in  1822.  He  removed  to  Charleston,  X.  H.,  before  the  Revo- 
lution and  was  the  first  blacksmith  in  that  town.  He  came 
from  Canada  during  some  of  the  Indian  wars  with  an  expe- 
dition to  bring  back  some  captives.  He  resided  in  Little- 
ton, X.  H..  and  in  Barnett.  Yt.,  until  1796,  and  afterwards, 
at  Bath,  X.  H.  He  had  one  s«n  : 

Clark  Cushman,  who  was  born  on  October  8,  1769,  at 
Charleston.  X.  H.  He  first  married  Catharine  Groute,  Feb- 
ruary 3.  \-<>4.  She  died  at  Marnett.  Yt..  on  March  8,  1837. 
He  married,  second,  Sarah  Hadley,  of  Barnett,  Yt.  He  died 
September  20,  1851.  The  Orleans  County  Gazette,  pub- 
lished in  Irasbury,  Yt..  says:  "The  body  of  Mr.  Clark 
Cushman  was  found  last  Sabbath  morning  in  a  field  near 
his  house  at  Parsumprie  Milage.  He  had  of  late  been  living 
some  three  miles  or  more  distant  from  the  village  and  on 
the  previous  Friday  had  gone  to  the  village  to  attend  busi- 
ness about  his  premises  there.  He  was  seen  about  the 
place  on  that  day.  but  not  afterwards  until  his  body  was 
discovered.  On  Friday  he  had  complained  of  ill  health  and 
it  is  supposed  that  while  attending  to  some  business  in  the 
field  he  must  have  suddenly  died.  He  was  advanced  in 
years."  He  had  one  daughter  : 

Sally  Cushman,  who  was  born  on  November  14,  1794.  On 
December  3,  1816,  she  married  Solomon  Stevens  and  they 
had  twelve  children,  as  follows  : 


1.  Catherine   Stevens,   who  was  born   October    17, 

She  was  married  to  Timothy  R.  Fairbanks,  of 
AYaterford.  Yt.,  on  September  22,  1840,  and  they 
resided  at  St.  Johnsbury,  Yt. 

2.  Phebe  \Yoodard  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  August   i, 

1819. 


SEARS  STEEVENS. 
(Taken   when    45  years  old.) 


STEVENS   FAMILIES   OF   PURITAN    ANCESTRY  43 

3.  Phineas   Stevens,  who  was  born  on  August   10,   1821. 

He  married  Caroline  Brook,  of  Barnett,  Vt. 

4.  Solomon  Stevens,  who  was  born  January  9,  1823.     He 

married  Ann  Eliza  Evans,  of  Danville  on  May  26, 
1850,  and  resided  at  Hardwick,  Yt. 

5.  Sarah  Gill  Stevens,  who  was  born  June  28,  1827.     She 

married  Jonathan  D.  Abbott  on  November  25,  1852 
and  they  resided  at  Barnett,  Vt. 

6.  Louisa  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  June  12,  1827.     She 

married  John  W.   Batch  of  Littleton,   N.  H.,  on 
July  23,  1849. 

7.  John  Baxter  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  September  25, 

1829.     She  married  Jonathan  H.  Clements,  of  Ti- 
tusville,  Pa.,  on  July  23,  1849,  and  resided  there. 

8.  Xerxes  Cushman  Stevens,  who  was  born  March  25,  1852. 

He   resided   at    Barnett,   Yt.,    and   was   an   enter- 
prising farmer. 

9.  Lucius    Kimball    Stevens,   who  was  born   on   June   29, 

1834,  and  who  died  on  April  29,  1835. 

10.     Charles  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  March   19,   1836, 
and  died  March  29,  1836. 

11.  Mary   Sophia   Stevens,  who  was  born  on  August  28, 

1838.     She  died  October  9,  1847. 

12.  Richard  Hubbard  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  April  30, 

1841. 


SECTION  IV. 
THE  HAPGOOD^STEVENS  FAMILIES,  of  Malboro,  Mass. 

SHADRACH  HAIV.OOI)  was  the  common  ancestor  of  all  the 
New  England  Hapgoods.     He  had  one  son  : 

Thomas  Hapgood,  who  was  born  on  February  I,  1669-70  and  died 
on  October  4,  1763.     He  had  one  son: 

John   Hapgood,   who   was  lorn    February   <).    1706-7  and  who  died 
in   1762.     He  married  Abigail   Morse.     They  had  two  sons: 

I.  John  Hapgood,  who  was  born  October  8,  1752.  He  settled  in 
Malboro,  Mass.  He  married,  first,  Lois  Stevens.  She  died 
on  April  TO.  1770.  He  married,  second,  Lucy  Kowe  (alias 
Monroe).  Lois  Stevens  had  one  child: 


44  THE   STEVENS   GENEALOGY" 


1.  John  Hapgood,  who  was  born  February  9,   1776.     He 

married  October  29,  1799,  Elizabeth  Temple. 

John    Hapgood    and  his  wife  Lucy  Rowe  had  seven 

children : 

2.  Benjamin  Hapgood, 

3.  Lois  Hapgood, 

4.  Henry  Hapgood, 

5.  Hannah  Hapgood, 

6.  Mary  Hapgood, 

7.  Elizabeth  Hapgood, 

8.  Sarah  Hapgood. 

II.     Jonathan  Hapgood,  who  was  born  on  May  if>.  1759.    He  mar- 
ried Jerusha  Gibbs.     They  had  one  child : 
David   Hapgood,   who  was  born  June   i,   1783.     He   died 
on  October  13,  1830.    He  married,  first,  Abigail  Russel.    He 
married,  second,  Lydia  Stevens,  who  had  : 

1.  Mnscs  Hapgood,  who  was  born  on  December  12,  1807, 
and  who  married  Sally  Wetherbee. 

2.  Joseph    Hapgood,   who   was   born   in    1809.      He   died 

young. 

3.  Win.  Hapgood,  who  was  born  in  1810. 

4.  Rufus  Hapgood,  who  was  born  on  May  31,  1813.     He 
married  Maria  Barnes,  of  Charlestown,  Mass. 

5.  Reuben  Hapgood,  who  was  born  on  May  31,  1813.    He 

married  Ruth  C.  Moars.     They  had  four  children : 

i.  Henry  Hapgood, 

ii.  Mary  Hapgood, 
iii.  Jane  Hapgood, 
iv.  Elvira  Hapgoo:!. 

6.  Mary   Hapgood.   who  married   Daniel   Erarence.   They 
had: 

i.     William  Erarence. 
ii.     Mary  Erarence, 
iii.     Arabella  Erarence. 

7.  Nathaniel  Hapgood.  who  married  Malinda  Muzzy.  They 

had  : 


STEVENS   FAMILIES   OF   PURITAN   ANCESTRY  45 

i.     Charl  es  Hapgood, 
ii.     Luallen  Hapgoocl. 

8.  Abigail  Hapgood,  who  married  John  T.  Taylor  and  had  : 

i.  Mary  E.  Taylor, 

ii.  Charles  H.  Taylor, 
iii.     George  W.  Taylor, 
iv.     Nathaniel  Taylor, 

v.  Ada-  T.  Taylor 
vi.     John  T.  Taylor. 

9.  George  Hapgood,  who  married  Angeline  Warren  and 
had  four  children : 

j.  Nella  Hapgood, 

ii.  Harriet  Hapgood, 

iii.  Lucy  Hapgcod, 

iv.  George  Hapgood. 

10.  Luther  Hapgood,  who  was  born  June  24,   1824.     He 
married  Harriet  Deane. 

11.  Ella  Hapgood,  who  married  Asa  A.  Deane.    They  had 
three  children : 

i.  Harriet  Deane, 
ii.  Abigail  Deane, 
iii.  Manda  Deane. 


SKCTION   V. 

HENRY  STEVENS,  of  Stonington,  Conn. 

All  decendants  of  Henry  Stevens  say  that  "Nicholas  Stevens  of 
•England  was  wealthy,  owning  three  shires  in  Wales,  and  after  his 
death  one  of  his  heirs  went  over  from  New  England,  and  prosecuted 
for  and  obtained  a  decree  for  his  share  of  the  property,  but  in  signing 
the  receipt  he  wrote  his  name  'Stevens',  when  the  attorney  for  the  crown 
declared  him  an  imposter,  as  the  English  records  were  spelled  'Steph- 
ens', so  the  Judge  ruled  him  out."  He  came  home  and  so  reported. 
One  account  says,  "Nicholis  Stevens  for  his  cussing  at  Windsor  be- 


46  THE   STEVENS   GENEALOGY 

fore  the  train  band  last  Monday,  is  to  pay  to  the  public  treasury  10 
shillings."  According  to  history,  Henry  Stevens,  whose,  father,  Nich- 
olas, was  an  officer  in  Oliver  Cromwell's  army,  after  the  death  of  the 
"( iivat  Protector,"  emigrated  to  America  and  first  settled  in  Stonington, 
Conn.,  in  the  year  1660  with  his  brothers,  Thomas  Stevens  and  Rich- 
ard Stevens. 

Again,  it  is  a  family  tradition  that  Henry  Stevens,  the  oldest  son 
of  Nicholas  Stevens,  an  officer  in  Oliver  Cromwell's  army,  fled  from 
England  to  escape  the  persecutions  of  the  Royalists,  after  the  death 
of  Cromwell;  but  that  record  rests  only  on  a  letter  from  one  member 
of  the  family  to  another  of  that  generation.  This  letter  is  still  extant, 
and  in  the  possession  of  Mrs.  Updyke,  of  New  York  City,  a  descendant. 
In  1668  a  census  was  taken  of  Stonington,  Conn.,  and  of  the  forty-three 
inhabitants,  Henry  Stevens  and  wife  were  two.  He  was  admitted  an 
inhabitant  in  16/0.  They  became  members  of  the  Congregational 
Church,  organized  there  on  June  3,  1674.  It  is  a  question  whether  he 
removed  to  Stonington,  Conn.,  from  Newport.  R.  I.,  or  from  Swansey, 
Mass.  He  married  Hannah  Lake  Gallop.  According  to  the  Rhode 
Island  Colonial  Record,  there  was  a  Henry  Stevens  in  Newport,  R.  I., 
in  1648  who  was  a  blacksmith  and  who  had  a  wife,  Elizabeth  Gallop. 
On  May  13,  1667,  Henry  Stevens,  with  others,  was  selected  because 
of  his  skill  to  repair  all  arms  on  the  order  of  the  Captain  or  Lieutenant 
of  the  train  band,  of  Newport. 

John  \Yinthrop,  first  Governor  of  the  Massachusetts  Hay  Colony, 
landed  at  Salem  with  a  company  of  900  on  June  12,  1630  and  among 
the  number  was  Capt.  John  Gallop,  who  settled  in  Boston,  and  there 
became  the  father  of  a  family  consisting  of  several  children.  John 
Gallop,  Jr.,  married  a  relative  of  Gov.  \Yinthrop  and  afterwards  became 
a  Captain  and  removed  to  Pequot.  Conn.,  where  he  raised  a  family  of 
four  boys  and  five  girls.  Capt.  Gallop  was  killed  on  December  25.  : 
in  the  swamp  fight  in  northern  Rhode  Island,  by  the  Narragansett 
Indians  under  King  Philip. 

HENRY  STEVEN'S  was  an  inhabitant  of  Stonington,  Conn.,  on 
February  18.  1694,  as  he  then  had  four  children  baptized  there,  Thomas, 
Richard,  Henry  and  Elizabeth,  and  on  April  22,  1694.  Lucy,  another 
daughter,  was  baptized.  His  son, 

Thomas  Stevens  (brother  of  Richard  Stevens)  was  born  on 
December  14,  1678.  He  married,  first,  on  May  JM.  n*;S.  Alary  Hall 
and  tliev  had  six  children  : 


STEVENS    FAMILIES   OF    PURITAN   ANCESTRY  47 

I.  Thomas  Stevens, 

II.  Phineas  Stevens, 

III.  Uria  Stevens,  who  married  his  cousin,  Sarah  Stevens,  born 

January  21,  1708,  the  daughter  of  Richard.  He  had  a  Cap- 
tain's commission  in  the  French  war  and  was  a  member  of 
the  Susquehannah  Company,  and  one  of  the  Commissioners 
to  purchase  the  Connecticut  claim  from  the  Indians.  He 
died  in  October,  1/64.  It  is  supposed  that  he  died  in  Can- 
ada. He  had  one  son : 

Uria  Steven's,  Jr.,  who  was  born  on  August  27,  1730  and 
resided  in  Litchfield,  Conn.  He  married  Martha  Rathburn 
who  was  born  in  the  year  1731.  She  died  June  14,  1825. 
He  died  August  14,  1800,  at  Caanan,  where  a  colony  of 
eighty-four  persons,  of  whom  nine  were  of  the  Stevens 
family,  was  formed  and  settled  at  Stillwater,  N.  Y.  Uria 
Stephens  was  of  this  party.  He  was  also  of  the  Susque- 
hannah Company  and  moved  to  Wilkesbarre,  in  1773,  and 
was  also  selected  a  town  officer  at  the  first  election  of  that 
place,  then  called  Westmoreland.  The  Connecticut  Settlers 
were  all  driven  from  that  valley,  along  the  Susquehannah 
and  Uria  settled  for  a  while  at  Canisteo,  N.  Y.  He  had 
nine  children : 

1.  Sarah   Stevens. 

2.  Benjamin  Stevens. 

3.  Polly  Stevens, 

4.  Uria  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  January  26,  1761,  and 

nrirried  on  January  13,  1785,  Elizabeth  Jones,  in 
\Y\oming,  Pa.  She  was  born  in  Steuben  county,  N.  Y., 
and  died  on  March  30,  1849.  He  was  a  farmer  and 
resided  in  Canisteo,  Steuben  county,  N.  Y.  He  was 
in  the  Army  of  1812  and  died  August  2,  1849,  at  Can- 
isteo. They  had  one  daughter : 

Mary  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  February  27,  1792, 
in  Canisteo,  Steuben  county,  N.  Y.  She  married  there 
in  1807,  Silas  C<»ray,  who  was  born  on  March  18,  1788 
in  Providence,  Luzern  county,  Pa.  He  was  the  son 
of  John  Coray  and  Phebe  Howe.  He  died  January  22, 
1841,  at  Perry.  Pike  county,  Ills.  She  died  at  Luzern, 
Pa.  He  was  a  captain  in  the  war  of  1812.  They  had 
eleven  children  : 


THE  STEVENS   GENEALOGY 


i.     Aurilla  Coray,  who  was  born  January  22,  1809. 

ii.  Sarah  Ann  Coray,  who  was  born  on  March  16, 
1811. 

iii.  John  Coray,  who  was  born  on  March  27,  1813. 
He  died  in  June,  1828,  at  Providence,  Logan 
county,  Pa. 

iv.     Phebe  Coray,  who  was  born  on  May  21,  1815. 

v.  Howard  Coray.  who  \\-as  born  on  May  6,  1817  in 
Steuben  county,  X.  Y.  He  married  Martha  Jane 
Knowlton  who  was  born  on  June  3,  1822,  in  Boone 
county,  Kentucky  and  who  died  December  14, 
1881  at  Provo  City,  Utah.  Their  children  were: 

(1)  Howard  Knowlton  Coray,  who  was  born  on 
April     10,     1842     at     Augusta,     Van     Buren 
county,  Iowa. 

(2)  Martha  Jane  Coray,  who  was  born  on  Feb- 
ruary 19,  1844,  at  Nauvoo,  111 ».,  and  who  mar- 
ried Theodore  B.  Lewis. 

(3)  Harriet  K.  Coray,  who  was  born  on  August 
9,   1846. 

(4)  Mary  K.  Coray,  who  was  born  on  April  22, 
1848,    in    Missouri,    while   her   parents   were 
traveling  to  Utah. 

(5)  Sarepa   E.   Coray,   who  was   born  on   Feb- 
ruary 4,  1850,  in  Nebraska. 

(6)  Helena  K.  Coray,  who  was  born  on  Febru- 
ary   i,    1852,   at   Salt   Lake   City,   Utah. 

(7)  \Yilliam    Henry    Coray,    who   was    born   on 
November  3,   1853,  at  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 

(8)  Sidney  Algernon  Coray,  who  was  born  on 
July  9,  1855,  at  E.  T.  City,  Tooele  Co.,  Utah. 

(9)  George   Quincy    Coray,    who   was    born   on 
November   26,    1857,    at    Provo,   L'tah. 

(10)  Francis   Delevan    Coray,    who   was   born   on 
January    17,    1860,  at   Provo,   LTtah. 

(n)  Louis  Lavill  Coray,  who  was  born  on 
March  9,  1862,  at  Provo,  Utah. 

•  \  2)  Don  Rathburn  Coray,  who  was  born  on 
September  20.  1804.  at  Provo,  Utah. 


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vi.     George  Coray,  who  was  born  on  May  4,  1819. 
vii.     Betsey  Coray  who  was  born  in  September  1821 

and  who  died  in  infancy. 
viii.     William  Coray,  who  was  born  in  1823  and  died 

on  March  7,  1849,  at  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah, 
ix.     Mary  Ettie  Coray,  who  was  born  on  January  31, 

1827. 
x.     Uriah  Coray,  who  was  born  in  November  1830  and 

died  in  May,  1853,  in  California, 
xi.     Elizabeth  Coray,  who  was  born  in  February,  1834. 

5.  Martha  Stevens, 

6.  John  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  April  10,  1765. 

7.  Phineas  Stevens, 

8.  Elijah  Stevens, 

9.  Elias  Stevens. 

IV.  Andrew  Stevens, 

V.  Benjamin  Stevens, 

VI.  Zebulon  Stevens.     These  were  all  born  at  Plainneld,  Conn. 

VII.  Jesse  Stevens,  who  died  in  infancy  was  the  son  of  Thomas 
Stevens  and  his  second  wife. 


SECTION    VI. 

THOMAS  STEVENS,  of  Boston,  Mass 

Thomas  Stevens,  who  had  a  brother,  Edward  Stevens,  was  born 
about  1627  and  was  an  early  inhabitant  of  Boston.  His  wife,  whose 
name  was  Sarah,  was  a  member  of  the  North  Church.  They  ha*! 
nine  children : 

I.  John  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  May  15,  1648. 

II.  Thomas  Stevens,  Jr.,  who  was  born  December  28,1651.      He 

died  very  young. 

III.  Jonas  Stevens,  who  was  born  October  27,  1653. 

IV.  Aaron  Stevens,  who  was  born  October  27,  1655. 

V.  Sarah  B.  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  August  31,  1657.       She 

died  very  young. 

VI.  Thomas  Stevens,  the  second  son  of  that  name,  was  born  on 

May  20,   1658. 

VII.  Moses  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  April  22,  1659. 

VIII.  Joseph  Stevens,  wh<>  was  born  on  April  17,  1661. 

IX.  Sarah  Stevens,  the  second  daughter  of  that  name,  was  1><>rn 

on  December  8, 


50  THE  STEVE N7S   GENEALOGY 


SECTION      VII. 

THOMAS  STEVENS,  of  East  Haven,  Conn. 

Martin  Luther  Steven-,  a  correspondent,  writes  :  "Emily  Stevens 
Talmagc  was  from  a  line  of  ancestry  who  came  from  England  to  Massa- 
chusetts in  1632-3.  and  had  nearly  completed  her  record  back  to  thai 
time.  She  traced  her  descent  from  Thomas  Stevens,  of  London,  an 
armorer  by  trade,  who  came  to  Boston  with  the  early  Puritan  settler-." 

The  history  of  Xew  Haven  colony  says  :  "In  the  spring  of  ; 
a  Puritan  colony  from  Boston  settled  in  Xew  Haven",  and  Mrs.  Tal- 
mage  wrote,  "Thomas  Stevens  was  one  of  the  first  .settlers  of  We.-: 
Haven,  and  by  putting  the  record  of  We>t  and  East  Haven  together, 
you  will  be  able  to  show  the  descent  from  Thomas  Stevens  of  Boston, 
thus  joining  the  great  Stevens  families  of  America".  She  further  says: 
"<  h\r  stock  is  genuine  pilgrim  blood.  (  )ur  great  ancestor  lived  to  be 
100  years  old  and  his  wife  was  102  years  old  at  the  time  of  her  death." 

Thomas   Stevens  had   five  sons,  as   follows: 

I.  Samuel  Steven- 

II.  J<'-ej>h    Steven > 

III.  John  Steven- 

IV.  James  Steven- 

V.  Thomas  Steven.-.       This  man.  Deacon  Thomas  Stevens,  had 

only  one  -on  and  one  daughter,  a-  follow-: 

I.  Thomas  Steven-,  who  was  born  in  the  year  1/08.  He 
married  Desire  Smith.  Mrs.  Emily  Stevens  Talmage 
wrote:  "The  son  i-  our  great  grandsire."  Desire  Smitii 
was  born  about  1713  and  died  in  the  year  1791)  at  the 
age  of  So  years.  He  died  in  the  year  1747  at  the  age 
of  39  years.  He  had  one  son. 

fesse  Stevens,  who  was  born  in  1741  and  who  died  on 
December  4,  1823.  at  the  age  of  82.  He  married 
Elizabeth  Sherman,  who  was  born  in  1740  and  who 
died  on  December  i.  iSi«>.  They  had  one  son: 
Xewton  Steven-,  who  was  l>orn  on  Dec.  9.  1784.  He 
died  at  West  Haven  on  August  10.  1866  and  was  bur- 
ied there.  In  early  life  he  was  a  shoemaker  and  later 
a  farmer.  He  married  on  August  10,  1809,  at  West 
Haven.  Polly  Reynolds,  who  was  born  March  22.  178*) 
and  who  died  March  <j.  1803  at  the  age  of  74  years. 


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STEVENS   FAMILIES   OF   PURITAN    ANCESTRY  o'* 

She  was  the  daughter  of  Mary  Kimberly  and  James 
Blakeslee  Reynolds,  of  West  Haven.  They  had 
twelve  children : 

i.     Julia  Ann  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  Jan.  14,  1810 
On  June  19,  1833,  she  married  James  Tolles  who 
was  born  on  July  16,  1810.      He  came  from  West 
Haven  and  was  the  son  of  Capt.  Dan  Tolles  ami 
Ann  Smith.       They  had  three  children : 

(1)  Arabella  Tolles,  who  was  born  on  Nov.  29, 
1834  and  who  died  August  24,   1857.       She 
married  Joseph  Ridley.       They  had  no  child- 
ren. 

(2)  Jesse  M.  Tolles,  who  was  born  on  May  14, 
1844  and  who  died  in  September  1845. 

(3)  James  Tolles,  who  was  born  in  July  1848.  He 
married  Ida  Louisa  Pardee. 

ii.  Edwin  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  April  4,  1811,  at 
West  Haven,  Conn.  He  died  on  April  4,  1853 
at  Steuben,  Crawford  Co.,  Pa.  He  was  buried 
at  Townsville,  Pa.  He  married  on  December  5, 
1840  at  Steuben,  Pheluria  Beardsley,  who  was 
born  on  November  13,  1822.  She  was  the  daugh- 
ter of  Seth  Beardsley  and  Amanda  Marvin  Car- 
penter. They  had  four  children : 

(1)  James  Franklin  Stevens,  who  was  born  on 
October  10,  1841.  He  married  Sarah  E.  Ward 
at  Townsville,  Pa. 

(2)  Newton  Edward  Stevens,  who  was  born  hi 
December  1844.  He  married  Ann  Walker,  who 
was  born  in  Manchester,  England. 

(3)  Lucius   Minar  Stevens,   who  was  born  on 
September  19,  1848.  He  married  Henrietta  L. 
Smith,  of  Townsville  Pa. 

(4)  Sherman  Marvin  Stevens,  who  was  born  on 

September  25,  1851.  Three  sons  of  Edwin  re~ 
sided  in  Meadville,  Pa. 

iii.  Emily  Stevens,  who  was  born  June  19,  1813  an-! 
who  died  on  January  12.  iSnr.  She  married  June 


T  i !  K  s  1 1-:  \  i ;  x  s  (.;  M  x  K  A  LOG  v 

7.  iSvV>.  William  Henry  Talmage.  of  West  Haven, 
Conn.  He  was  born  July  28,  1811.  He 
was  a  real  estate  agent  of  East  and  West  Haven, 
Conn.  He  was  the  son  of  Joseph  Talmage  and 
Isabella  Everston.  Joseph  Talmage  was  born  on 
April  jo.  i~(*)  and  died  on  July  3,  1813.  Isa- 
bella Everston.  of  East  Haven,  died  May  22,  1812. 
She  was  the  daughter  of  William  Everston  and 
Isabella  Holbrouk.  who  were  married  November 
14.  1755  at  East  Haven,  now  South  Haven. 
I -'or  thirty  years  William  Henry  Talmage  was  a 
deacon  in  the  Congregational  church  in  West 
Haven.  fie  was  hale  at  the  age  of  seventy-five 
and  able  to  attend  to  daily  business,  filling  with 
integrity,  offices  <  f  trust. 

Emily  Stevens  Talmage  was  noted  for  her 
genealogical  research,  being  often  called  upon  by 
those  far  and  near  for  facts  respecting  their  ances- 
try. Her  writings  have  also  been  used  in  this  sketch. 
She  was  a  praying  Christian  and  loved  to  refer  to 
her  pious  ancestry  of  Puritan  principles  and  de- 
scent. None  were  what  the  world  called  great, 
but  they  were  eminently  good  Christians,  fearing 
<  iod  and  doing  righteously,  and  their  children  feel 
that  they  are  reaping  the  benefits  of  their  prayers 
to  this  day.  When  a  girl,  she  was  successful  in 
school  as  assistant  tutor  with  Aliss  A  fay  Reynolds 
and  was  President  of  the  W.  I".  T.  I'.,  in  West 
Haven.  Emily  Stevens  Talmage  had  five  child- 
ren, as  follows  : 

i  i  I  Emily  Talmage,  who  was  born  on  Alay  25, 
1837.  at  New  Haven.  On  August  31,  1858  she 
married  Isaac  A.  I  Iron  son.  at  West  Haven. 
He  was  born  on  June  10,  1820  at  Winchester, 
Litch field  Co.,  Conn.  He  was  the  son  of 
Isnac  l> ron son  and  Elizabeth  Hills,  of  Win- 
chester. Conn.  They  had  six  children: 

a.     James  Talmage  Hron-son.  who  was  born  on 
September  11.   iS5<>.  at  Winchester.     He 


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STEVENS    FAMILIES   OF    PURITAN    ANCESTRY  57 

engaged  in  ranching  in  Montana. 

b.  A  daughter   (name  not  given)   who  was 
born  June  n,  1862-63.  She  died  on  July 
15,  1868. 

c.  Gertrude  Elizabeth  Bronson,  who  was  born 

on  August  5,  1864.  She  pursued  a 
course  of  studies  at  Mt.  Holyoke. 

d.  Henry  Isaac  Bronson,  who  was  born  on 
February  22,  1867.  He  engaged  in  busi- 
ness with  his  brother  James. 

e.  Sherman  Stevens  Bronson,  who  was  born 

September  30,  1871. 

f.  Steward  Reynolds  Bronson,  who  was  born 

October  3,   1875. 

(2)  Elizabeth  Sherman  Talmage,  who  was  born 
January  i,  1839  at  New  Haven,  Conn..  She 
married  on  September  28,  1864,  at  West  Ha- 
ven, Rev.  James  Dewey  Tucker,  who  was 
born  on  March  5,  1837,  at  East  Hamilton, 
Xcw  York.  He  was  the  son  of  Samuel  Tuck- 
er and  Almira  Harmonia  Hopkins  of  Brook- 
lyn, N.  Y.  He  was  a  graduate  of  Wil- 
liam's College,  Mass,  in  1861,  and  also  of 
the  Theological  Seminary,  of  Hamilton,  N.  Y. 
They  resided  at  McGranville,  N.  Y.,  Vernon 
N.  Y.,  Troy,  N.  Y.,  Fort  Edward,  N.  Y.,  and 
Perry,  N.  Y.  They  had  six  children,  as  fol- 
lows : 

a.  Emily  Almena  Tucker,  who  was  born  on 

October  26,  1865  at  McGranville,  N.  Y. 
She  died  on  September  30,  1867  at  Troy, 
N.  Y. 

b.  William  Samuel  Tucker,  who  was  born  on 

November  6,  1867  at  Troy,  N.  Y. 

c.  Jesse  Tucker,  who  was  born  on  Jan.  27, 

1869. 

d.  George  Everett  Tucker,  who  was  born  on 
April  n,  1872  at  Fort  Edward,  N.  Y. 


58  THE  STEVENS   GENEALOGY 


c.     .Mabel  Elizabeth  Tucker.  who  was  born  oa 

iK-cember  28.   iS;;  at   Hunda.  X.  V. 
f.          Alice  Louise  Tucker.  \\lio  was  bor 
October  S.   iSS<>.  at   Hunda.  X.  V. 

(  3  )  Tberesa  <  iertrude  Talmai^e.  who  was  b->rn 
April  20,  184:;.  She  married  John  H.  Fitch 
who  was  born  in  1844.  lie  died  on  May  31, 
iSSj  at  the  ajuv  of  thirty-ei^ht  years. 

i  4  i      William  Henry  Tainia^e.  who  was  born  May 
12.   1  841;  and  died  in   1854. 

(  5  )      Fdward  Wright  Talma^e.  who  was  bo- 

Xovember   1853.  and  who  died  Septembe'      _. 
1854. 

iv.  Lucius  Stevens,  who  wa>  lx»rn  on  Se|)t.  jS.  i>  5, 
at  \\est  Haven.  Omn.  He  married  l^lizabeth 
Kimberly.  who  died  on  Xovember  ivv  1843,  at 
the  a^'e  of  J<j.  at  \\"est  Haven.  They  had: 


(  i  )  Lucius  Franklin  Stevens,  who  was  born  Jan- 
nary  u.  1840.  He  died  at  Xew  York,  in 
i8Sj. 

i  ji  Fdward  M.  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  July 
15.  1842. 

Sarah  Reynolds  Stevens,  who  \\a>  born  on  October 
25.    1817.       She  married  Jonathan   Foote,  on  Jan- 
uary 4.  1841.  at  West  Haven.       He  was  the  son  of 
Jonathan   Foote  and   Martha   Frisbie.  of  Bra«" 
C'onn.      The\~  had  : 

(  i  )  Sherman  Frisbie  Foote.  who  was  born  X"v. 
27.  1841.  at  Xew  Haven.  He  married  Man- 
Rice,  who  was  born  on  December  4,  1840.  at 
Xew  Haven.  She  was  the  daughter  of 
Rice.  The  had  : 


a.  Flsworth  Foote.  who  was  born  <m  Jan.  3, 

1874. 

b.  Henry  Lyman  Foote  who  was  born  M 

n.  1881". 


STEVENS   FAMILIES   OF   PURITAN   ANCESTRY  61 

(2)     Elsworth  Frisbie  Foote,  who  was  born  in 
July,  1843. 

vi.  Sherman  Stevens,  who  was  born  April  14,  1819  at 
West  Haven.  He  married  on  March  14,  1878,  at 
Montgomery,  Alabama,  Kate  Lee  Lewis,  who  was 
born  on  May  6,  1838  at  Montgomery.  She  was 
the  daughter  of  Henry  P.  Lee  and  Bessie  Nich- 
olson. He  served  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion. 

vii.  Francis  Newton  Stevens,  who  was  born  January  2 
1822.  He  married  Delia  Mansfield.  They  re- 
sided in  Montana. 

viii.  Jessie  Minar  Stevens,  who wasborn  June  n,  1825 
and  who  died  on  May  10,  1844. 

ix.  Samuel  Andrews  Stevens,  who  was  born  June  n, 
1826,  at  New  Haven.  He  married  on  Septem- 
ber i,  1859,  Ellen  Maria  Ives,  who  was  born  on 
July  8,  1833,  at  Hamden,  Conn.  She  died  on 
June  30,  1880,  at  New  Haven,  and  was  buried  at 
West  Haven.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Henry, 
and  Eliza  Ives.  They  resided  first  at  Hamden, 
Conn,  and  then  at  New  Haven.  They  had: 

1 i )  'Lizzie  Ives  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  May  6 

1 86 1  and  who  died  on  September  8,  1861. 

(2)  Nellie  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  Sept.  20, 

1862  and  who  died  on  September  28,  1862. 

(3)  Mabel  Ives  Stevens,  who  was  born  Novem- 
ber 25,  1873. 

x.  Mary  Elizabeth  Stevens,  who  was  born  September 
22,  1828,  at  West  Haven  and  who  died  on  August 
28,  1883  and  was  buried  there.  She  married  on 
December  22,  1847,  Frederick  Sherman  Ward, 
who  was  born  on  December  27,  1812,  at  West  Ha- 
ven, Conn.,  where  he  died  on  July  27,  1865.  He 
was  the  son  of  Jacob  Ward  and  Henrietta  Kimber- 
ly.  Jacob  Ward  and  his  son  Frederick,  were  both 
masters  of  sailing  vessels  in  the  West  India  trade. 
They  had : 


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Till-:    STHVHXS    GliXEALOGY 


(  i  )      Frederick  Ward,  who  was  born  on  April  10. 

1849,  an(l  who  (h'ed  on  April  12,  1849. 
(  2 )      Frederick  Sherman  Ward,  who  was  born  on 

January  14,  1851.       He  married  Jenny  Lind 

Smith. 
(3)      Samuel    Ramns    Ward,    who   was   born   on 

April   15.   1853  and  who  died  on  August  31, 

1854. 
(  4  )      Wallace  Ward,  who  was  born  September  25. 

1855  and  who  died  on  August  2,  1861.       He 

was  born  deaf  and  dumb. 
Fllioi  Ward,   who  was  born  on  December 

27,    l$5 
(6)      Harry  Kimberly  Ward,  who  was  born  Aug. 

17.   1860.       He  wa>  born  deaf  and  dumb. 
(-}      Josephine  Ward,  who  was  born  on  Nov.  20. 

1862, 
Mary  Fredericka  Ward,  who  was  born  Aug. 

31.  iS's.  The  foregoing  information  was  fur- 
nished on  January  28,  1887,  by  Frederick  S. 

Ward.  <>f   Xew  Haven.  Conn. 

xi.  Harriet  Augusta  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  May  2. 
1832.  at  West  Haven.  She  married  at  West 
Haven  on  January  15,  1857,  Stephen  Goodyear 
Hotchkiss  win  i  was  born  on  January  25,  1830,  at 
Xew  Haven.  He  was  the  son  of  Stephen  Hotch- 
kiss and  Ann  .Maria  Goodyear,  who  resided  at 
Xew  Haven.  Harriet  Augusta  Stevens  with  her 
husband  resided  at  Hotchkiss,  Montana.  They 
had : 

<  i  )      Amelia  Goodyear  Hotchkiss,  who  was  bora 

in  1858. 

<  2  i      Stephen   Stevens  Hotchkiss.  who  was  born 

on  January  23,  1860. 
(  3  )      Arthur  Xewton  Hotchkiss.  who  was  born  on 

February    19,    1864. 
141      Maria  Louise  Hotchkiss.  who  was  born  on 

March  6,  1867. 


JAMES   REYNOLDS   STEVENS 
of  West  Haven,  Conn. 


STEVENS   FAMILIES   OF    PURITAN    ANCESTRY  65 

(5)     Samuel  Andrews  Hotchkiss,  who  was  born 
on  January  19,  1871. 

xii.  James  Reynolds  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  July 
4,  1835,  at  West  Haven.  He  married  there  on  Dec. 
2,  1859,  Cornelia  I.  Bishop,  who  was  born  on 
August  13,  1839,  at  New  Haven.  She  was  the 
daughter  of  James  Bishop  and  Mary  A.  Fairchild. 
James  Reynolds  Stevens  was  a  Lieutenant  in  Bat- 
tery D.  and  also  a  member  of  the  Hartford  City 
Guard,  during  the  war,  and  afterwards,  with  his 

Company,  was  stationed  at  the  State  arsenal  but 
did  not  go  to  the  front.  The  homestead  is  over 

200  years  old.     They  had  : 

(1)  Eugene  William  Stevens  who  was  born  De- 
cember 31,  1867  and  who  died  on  June  6,  1870 

(2)  Nellie  C.  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  Feb.  12 
1870. 

(3)  Paul  Elsworth  Stevens,  who  was  born  Octo- 
ber 5,  1873. 

2.  Esther  Stevens,  who  was  the  sister  of  Deacon  Thomas 
Stevens,  was  born  about  1714.  She  married  Ebenezer 
Thompson  who  removed  from  West  Haven  in  1742  to 
Scituate,  Mass.  She  died  in  1813  at  the  age  of  99 
years. 

The  following  is  an  extract  from  a  letter  written  in  Jan. 
1849,  by  Esther  Lois  Thompson  Caswell,  forwarded 
by  James  Reynolds  Stevens : 

"Ebenezer  and  Esther  Stevens  Thompson,  our  great 
grand  parents,  preserved  with  care  a  little  book  contain- 
ingthe  family  record,  but  owing  to  some  accident  it  was 
lost.  He  was  both  Minister  and  Pastor  of  the  Episco- 
pal Church  in  Scituate,  Mass.  He  was  greatly  beloved 
and  died  soon  after  the  Revolutionary  War.  His 
widow  was  almost  heart  broken. 

"A  house  and  a  few  acres  of  land  comprised  their  all, 
but  with  six  daughters  unprovided  for  except  by  their 
own  industry  they  always  had  something  for  those  that 


66  THE  STEVENS   GENEALOGY 


had  less  than  themselves.  She  retained  her  mental 
powers  until  the  last.  She  was  honored  for  her  cor- 
rect walk  through  life,  and  loved  for  her  unmeasured 
kindness  and  benevolence.  She  made  lace  in  her 
ninety-third  year.  Her  remains  lie  side  by  side  with 
her  husband's  in  the  Episcopal  burying  grounds  at  West 
Scituate,  Mass. ;  and,  also,  the  remains  of  their  descen- 
dants to  the  fourth  generation  are  buried  there.  Her 
grave  is  under  the  Episcopal  Church"  They  had: 

i.  Esther  Thompson,  who  was  twenty-three  years  of 
age  in  1764,  as  recorded  on  her  gravestone. 

ii.  John  Thompson,  who  was  born  about  1743  in  Bil- 
boa,  Spain. 

iii.  Ebenezer  Thompson,  who  was  born  about  1745.  He 
married  Lydia  Kinnicutt,who  was  born  about  1747. 
She  was  the  daughter  of  Edward  Kinnicutt  and 
his  wife  Mary,  of  Providence.  She  had  three 
children  by  Ebenezer  Thompson  as  follows : 

(1)  Sarah  Thompson,  who  was  born  about  I7'»5- 

(2)  Edward  Thompson,  who  was  born  about  1707 
and  who  was  the  father     of     Esther     Lois 
Thompson  Caswell. 

(3)  Mary  Thompson,  who  was  born  about  1769. 

Ebenezer  Thompson  next  married  the  second 
daughterof  Edward  and  Mary  Kinnicutt.  They  had 
six  children,  as  follows : 

(1)  Ebenezer  Thompson,  who  was  born  aboii: 
1772. 

(2)  John  Thompson,  who  was  born  about  1774. 

(3)  Thomas  Thompson,  who  wasborn  about! 

i  4  )      Joseph  Thompson,  who  was  born  about  1778. 
Lydia  Thompson,  who  was  born  about  1780 

and  who  died  in  March  1848.  at  the  age  of 

sixty-eight 
(6)      Stephen  Thompson,  who  was  born  about  i~^2 

iv.     Amy  Thompson,  who  was  born  about  1747.       She 


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married  Benjamin  Palmer  of  Scituate,  Mass.  He 
died  in  1813  at  the  age  of  seventy. 

v.  Annie  Thompson,  who  was  born  about  1749  an-t 
who  died  at  the  age  of  seventy-two. 

vi.  Lucy  Thompson,  who  was  born  about  1751  and 
who  died  at  the  age  af  72-3.  She  never  married. 

vii.  Lois  Thompson,  who  was  born  about  1753,  and 
died  at  the  age  of  74,  in  1827.  She  never  marreid. 

viii.  Mary  Thompson,  who  was  born  about  1757.  She 
married  Lemuel  Ransom  of  Middleborough,  Mass. 
After  his  death  she  returned  to  her  mother's"  house 
in  Scituate  carrying  with  her  the  property  be- 
queathed to  her  by  her  husband,  which  added  much 
to  the  comfort  of  her  mother  and  sisters.  She 
died  after  a  protracted  illness  at  the  age  of  eigthy  - 
four  years.  She  had  no  children. 

ix.  Jane  Thompson,  who  was  born  about  1759  and  died 
in  1822  at  the  age  of  63  years.  She  married 
Rev.  William  Wheeler.  They  had  no  children. 
Some  of  these  women  were  endowed  with  m»nv 
than  common  intellect  and  their  society  was  much 
sought  after. 


SKCTIOX    VIII. 
THE  PIERCE^STEVENS  FAMILY,  of  Gloucester,  Mass. 

David  Pierce  was  born  on  October  5,  1713  and  died  about  1750. 
He  was  the  son  of  Samuel  Pierce,  who  married  on  January  18,  1703 
Sarah  Sanders  of  Duxbury.  Samuel  Pierce  was  the  son  of  Abraham 
Pierce,  who  was  born  in  1638,  in  Plymouth.  He  died  in  1718,  in  Dux 
bury.  Abraham  Pierce  was  the  son  of  Abraham  Pierce,  who  was  in 
Plymouth  as  early  as  1623.  Samuel  Pierce  removed  from  Duxbury. 
in  1713,  and  went  to  Gloucester,  Mass.,  where  he  carried  on  the  business 
of  shipbuilding. 

David  Pierce  married,  on  January  20,  1736,  Susan  Stevens,  wh~> 
was  the  daughter  of  Samuel  Stevens.  Samuel  Stevens  was  the  son 
of  James,  who  was  the  son  of  William  Stevens,  supposed  to  have  been 
the  great  shipwright  of  Gloucester.  Mass.  Susan  Stevens  \va>  born 


<  THE  STEVENS   GENEALOGY 

on  March  25.  1717,  at  Gloucester.  She  died  in  1753  at  the  age  of 
thirty-six.  David  Pierce  was  the  brother  of  Jonathan  and  Joseph 
Pierce,  of  Gloucester,  Mass. 

He.  by  his  wife  Susan,  had  children,  as  follow- : 

I.  David  Pierce.  Jr..  who  particularly  distinguished  himself  dur- 
ing the  Revolutionary  \Yar. 

He  embarked  upon  the  sea  in  his  boyhood  well  fur- 
nished by  nature  with  the  qualities  which  usually 
command  success.  He  was  enterprising,  industrious,  temperate  an<V 
frugal  and  consequently  in  early  manhood  accumulated  sufficient 
means  to  become  the  owner  of  two  vessels  engaged  in  the  Labrador 
fishing  trade,  of  one  of  which  he  himself  was  master.  Continued 
succe»  >oon  enabled  him  to  increase  his  enterprise  and  he  engaged 
in  another  branch  of  business,  to  attain  finally  to  wealth  and  an  extent 
of  trade  of  the  first  rank  among  the  merchants  of  Gloucester.  He 
shared  with  other  the  losses  which  resulted  to  our  fishery  and  com- 
merce fn»m  the  disputes  with  the  mother  country;  and  the  commence- 
ment of  the  Revolutionary  war  found  him  considerably  reduced  in 
property,  but  he  still  had  sufficient  with  the  help  of  partners  to  build 
and  fit  out  a  large  ship  for  privateering;  which  business  he  pursued 
t<  i  the  end  of  the  struggle  and  he  was  so  enriched  by  it  as  to  be  able 
to  engage  again  extensively  in  his  own  maritime  adventures  of  com- 
meice  and  the  fisheries 

t'pon  the  establishment  of  peace  the  country  entered  upon  a  career 
<>f  great  commercial  prosperity  in  which  Mr.  Pierce  was  a  large  par- 
ticipant. During  a  period  of  twenty  years  his  enterprise  was  crowne-1 
with  such  eminent  success  as  to  entitle  him  to  a  place  among  the 
wealthiest  merchants  of  his  time.  The  amount  of  Mr.  Pierce's  prop- 
erty was  once  estimated  by  himself  at  $300,000  but  his  brother,  the 
late  Col.  \Yilliam  Pierce,  considered  him  worth  more  than  that  amount. 
If  even  that  was  its  value,  it  must  have  been  the  largest  estate  ever 
accumulated  in  Gloucester.  Mr.  David  Pierce  owned  several  ships, 
>ome  of  which  were  built  expressly  for  his  use.  and  one  of  these  wa- 
of  a  burden  then  unusual;  and  this  was  employed  in  the  whale  fisher/ 
while  the  rest  were  kept  in  the  European  and  Indian  trade. 

Mr.  Pierce  was  the  principal  owner  of  the  brig  "Gloucester",  fit- 
ted out  as  a  privateer,  in  1777.  The  "Gloucester"  mounted  eighteen 
carriage^  and  guns,  and  had  a  crew  of  one  hundred  and  thirty  men, 
including  officers.  Competent  expectations  were  entertained  of  a  sue- 


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cessful  cruise,  but  it  was  the  unfortunate  destiny  of  the  vessel  to  go 
down  at  sea  with  nearly  the  whole  company  embarked  in  her.  The 
"Gloucester"  before  being  lost  had  been  quite  successful  in  capturing 
the  "Two  Friends",  a  valuable  prize  with  a  cargo  of  wine  and  salt 
Upon  the  banks  of  Newfoundland  she  took  a  fishing  brig  called  the 
"Sparks",  with  fish  and  salt.  The  loss  of  the  "Gloucester"  made 
-sixty  \vidows  among  the  wives  of  the  town  of  Gloucester  alone,  an-! 
the  calamity  overwhelmed  the  town  with  sorrow  and  gloom.  To  the 
mourners,  the  following  winter  was  one  of  unutterable  grief  that  wa> 
somewhat  exaggerated  by  the  tales  which  superstition  bore  to  their 
dismal  firesides,  that  the  fate  of  their  husbands  and  friends  had 
been  indicated  by  signs  from  the  invisible  world. 

Nothing  daunted  by  the  loss  of  the  "Gloucester,"  Mr.  Pierce  the 
next  year  (1778)  went  again  patiently  to  work  and  with  a  little  assis- 
tance from  the  people  of  Ipswich,  fitted  out  a  new  ship  of  four  hundred 
tons  burden,  mounting  eighteen  guns  and  had  a  crew  of  one  hundred 
and  thirty-five  men  and  boys.  So  reduced  in  circumstances  had  Mr. 
Pierce  become  from  the  losses  sustained  before  the  war,  and  the  loss 
of  the  ship  "Gloucester,"  that  it  required  nearly  all  of  his  remaining 
capital  to  complete  the  new  ship  named  by  him  "General  Stark."  which, 
however,  soon  captured  a  schooner  loaded  with  salt  and  a  ship  called  the 
"Providence."  On  the  5th  of  April,  1779,  the  "General  Stark"  sailed 
on  her  third  cruise,  the  most  important  enterprise  of  the  kind,  consider- 
ing the  size  of  the  ship,  the  number  of  men  enlisted  and  the  general 
preparations  for  the  cruise,  which  was  undertaken  in  Gloucester  during 
the  war.  On  the  tenth  day  out,  she  encountered  a  gale  on  the  Grand 
Bank,  during  which  one  of  the  crew  was  lost ;  cruising  to  the  eastward, 
she  fell  in  with  a  brig  from  Limerick  loaded  with  beef,  pork  and  butter. 
This  vessel  and  cargo  the  "General  Stark"  took  and  sent  to  Gloucester 
where  she  arrived  safe  and  gave  great  joy  to  the  people  who  were  in 
want  of  provisions  at  the  time. 

The  "General  Stark"  continued  her  cruise  without  seeing  any  "f 
the  enemy's  vessels  until  she  reached  \Yest\\  anl  Islands  where  she  made 
out  a  ship  and  a  brig  to  windward.  The  ship  displayed  an  Englis'.i 
ensign  and  bore  down  for  the  "General  Stark",  the  brig  following.  The 
"General  Stark",  outsailing  the  enemy,  took  in  her  sails  as  soon  as  the 
British  vessels  came  within  her  gun  shot.  The  ship  was  found  to  be 
a  vessel  mounting  twenty-eight  guns  and  the  brig  fourteen  guns.  Both 
vessels  opened  fire  upon  the  "General  Stark"  which  returned  it  with 
broadside  and  long  shot.  A  running  fight  was  kq>t  up  for  some  time 


f*  THE  STEVENS  GENEALOGY 

when  the  commander  of  the  "General  Stark"  justly  concluded  that  it 
would  only  be  wasting  ammunition  and  exposing  his  men  to  continue  the 
action  against  such  superior  force  (the  enemy  having  forty-two  guns 
to  his  eighteen,  or  more  than  double  his  number)  hauled  off.  The 
brig  now  rounded  to  rake  the  "General  Stark",  but  her  shot  fell  short; 
the  ship  threw  one  shot  into  the  "Stark's"  mizzenmast,  five  through  the 
boat  on  the  booms,  and  one  in  her  quarter.  The  ''General  Stark"  suc- 
ceeded in  getting  away,  and  then  cruised  to  the  eastward  and  sighted 
a  sail  which  proved  to  be  the  British  ship  "Porcupine",  of  fourteen 
guns.  She  struck  and  surrendered  to  the  "General  Stark"  without 
firing  a  gun.  Taking  the  guns  and  light  sails  of  the  "Porcupine,"  the 
•commander  of  the  "Stark"  gave  the  captain  of  the  "Porcupine"  some 
provisions  and  returned  to  him  his  vessel. 

The  "General  Stark"  next  fell  in  with  an  English  brig  from  ]>ri>- 
tol,  with  an  assorted  cargo,  which  she  captured;  and.  a  few  days  later, 
took  a  ship  bound  to  Oporto  which  she  divested  of  sails,  cable  and 
anchors  and  then  sunk.  After  cruising  a  while  off  Cape  Finisterre 
and  down  the  P>ay  of  liiscay.  the  "General  Stark"  put  into  Bilboa  to 
refit.  She  was  taken  ashore  and  stripped,  and  her  armament  was 
taken  ashore.  A  sickness  was  brought  on  board  by  the  Bristol  brig, 
which  the  Mirgeons  pronounced  to  be  yellow  fever.  This  disease 
spread  among  the  crew  of  the  "General  Stark",  causing  the  death  of 
several,  and  thirty  at  a  time  were  confined  in  the  hospital. 

As  soon  as  the  "General  Stark"  was  ready  for  sea.  the  authorities 
at  liilboa  offered  the  commander  Si.ooo  if  he  would  go  out  in  the  bay 
and  take  a  warlike  vessel,  supposed  to  be  an  enemy's  cruiser.  He 
accordingly  sailed,  and  in  a  few  days  sighted  a  brig  and  a  lugger,  the 
latter  of  whom  kept  to  the  windward  out  of  his  way,  but  on  speaking 
the  brig,  he  ascertained  that  the  lugger  was  a  Guernsey  privateer  an 'I 
succeeded  in  decoying  her  to  him  by  hoisting"  an  English  ensign.  She 
immediately  bore  away  and  ran  down  under  lee  of  the  "General  Stark", 
and  on  being  hailed,  gave  the  name  of  an  English  ship  from  White- 
haven.  The  crew  of  the  "General  Stark"  were  then  mustered  to  their 
quarters,  the  English  ensign  lowered  and  the  American  flag  run  up 
and  the  English  vessel  ordered  to  strike  her  colors:  but  instead  of  com- 
plying with  orders,  the  English  vessel  luffed,  intending  to  cross  the 

trie's"  fore-foot  and  escape  to  the  wind.  The  "General  Stark", 
however,  luffed  at  the  -ame  time  and  gave  the  English  a  broadside 
upon  which  the  latter  surrendered.  The  prize  was  taken  to  P.ilboa 


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Son  of  Carolina  Barnes  Crosby. 


STEVENS   FAMILIES   OF   PURITAN   ANCESTRY  77 

and  sold  for  $i,6oo,  to  which  was  added  the  stipulated  sum  of  $1,000 
lor  taking-  her. 

From  Bilboa,  the  "General  Stark"  sailed  for  home  in  July,  and 
when  a  few  days  out,  decoyed  an  English  cutter,  but  while  the  lieu- 
tenant's boat's  crew  were  on  board  the  "General  Stark",  her  secret 
character  was  discovered  and  the  cutter  escaped.  Ten  days  later, 
after  a  chase  she  came  up  with  the  cutter  and  the  latter  hauled  up  and 
prepared  for  action,  but  after  a  brave  resistance  for  two  hours 
surrendered,  having  first  sunk  the  mail  she  was  carrying  from  Jamaica 
to  England.  Her  topmast  was  all  shot  away  by  the  "Stark",  six  men 
were  killed  and  nine  wounded.  The  "General  Stark"  had  one  boy 
killed  and  five  wounded. 

The  next  prize  taken  was  a  brig  loaded  with  fish  and  bound  from 
Newfoundland  to  Lisbon,  of  fourteen  guns.  Ten  of  the  guns  were 
found  to  be  Quaker  or  wooden  guns.  The  "Stark"  next  took  two 
brigs  loaded  with  fish,  but  \vas  prevented  from  making  more  prizes 
as  she  had  twenty  of  her  crew  on  the  sick  list,  and  was  encumbered 
with  eighty-four  prisoners  aboard. 

The  next  two  cruises  of  the  "General  Stark"  were  not  successful. 
She  encountered  a  severe  gale  and  was  compelled  to  throw  overboard 
all  her  guns,  save  five,  with  which  she  encountered  an  English  ship 
of  superior  force,  and  was  obliged  to  haul  off  and  escape.  Her  next 
cruise  was  to  the  mouth  of  the  St.  Lawrence  and  it  was  successful  for 
she  captured  three  English  ships,  the  "Detroit",  the  "Polly"  and  the 
"Beaver".  On  her  next  cruise,  when  out  only  one  week,  she  was  cap- 
tured by  the  "Chatham"  and  carried  to  Halifax  and  converted  into  an 
English  packet,  called  the  "Antelope".  She  was  finally  wrecked  at  the 
Pelew  Islands. 

The  other  privateers  owned  by  Mr.  David  Pierce,  were  the 
"Wilkes"  which  was  captured  and  carried  to  Newfoundland,  retaken 
and  brought  back,  and  when  near  the  West  India  islands,  captured  the 
second  time.  The  "Success",  like  the  "Wilkes",  was  built  by  Mr. 
Pierce.  He  sent  her  to  the  West  Indies,  when  she  was  captured  on 
her  way  home  and  carried  to  Halifax.  The  ship  "Gloucester  Packet", 
taken  by  the  "( ieneral  Stark",  went  to  Cadiz,  capturing  a  brig  called 
the  "Major"  with  a  cargo  of  flour.  On  the  night  of  March  31,  1782, 
the  ship  "Harriet",  owned  by  Mr.  David  Pierce  and  lying  in  the  har- 
bor of  Gloucester,  loaded  for  Curacoa,  but  having  only  two  men 
on  board  was  cut  out  by  some  men  from  an  English  fourteen  gun  brig. 
Mr.  Pierce  on  rising  from  his  bed  on  the  morning  of  April  I,  missed  his 


78  THE   STEVENS   GENEALOGY 

ship  and  discovered  her  outside  the  harbor  running  off  in  an  easterly 
direction  with  a  strong,  fair  wind. 

There  was  no  time  to  be  lost  and  he  proceeded  immediately  to  the 
meeting  house  and  rang  the  bell.  His  ship  "P.etsey"  was  then  lying 
across  the  dock  at  the  head  of  his  wharf,  without  goods  or  ballast  on 
board,  entirely  dismantled,  having  her  topmast  and  rigging  all  down, 
having  only  her  lower  mast  standing,  and  the  tide  was  now  at  the 
lowest  ebb.  He  determined  to  put  this  ship  in  order  and  start  in  pur- 
suit of  the  captured  vessel  as  soon  as  the  tide  would  serve.  Volun- 
teers in  great  numbers  attended  to  the  necessary  preparations  and  a 
crew  of  one  hundred  men  was  quickly  enlisted  for  the  enterprise. 

As  soon  as  there  was  sufficient  water,  the  ship  moved  from  the 
dock,  men  at  work  all  the  while  on  the  rigging  and  bending  sails. 
The  wind  being  light,  she  was  assisted  in  getting  out  of  the  harbor  by 
tow-boats.  Mr.  Pierce  being  on  board.  Great  was  the  joy  of  those 
on  board  at  daylight  the  next  morning  when  they  discovered  the 
''Harriet"  in  charge  of  the  Hnglish  brig  and  a  black  looking  boat 
apparentlv  a  fishing  vessel.  The  "lletsy"  had  been  pierced  for  twenty 
gun<  and  her  armament  was  complete  and  as  soon  as  the  "Harriet" 
was  overtaken  she  was  given  up  with  no  effort  on  the  part  of  the 
enemy  to  retain  her.  The  "Harriet"  was  then  put  in  charge  of  Mr. 
Pierce's  brother.  Col.  \Yilliam  Pierce,  and  both  vessels  arrived  in  Glou- 
coter  the  next  afternoon  to  the  great  joy  of  the  inhabitants. 

The  Gloucester  artillery  company,  organized  soon  after  the  close 
of  the  Revolutionary  \Yar,  received  from  Mr.  David  Pierce,  the  pres- 
ent of  a  very  elegant  >tand  of  colors.  The  flag  was  presented  at  Mr. 
Pierce's  house,  where  the  company,  at  his  invitation,  partook  of  ample 
and  generous  refreshments. 

\Ylien  he  was  of  the  age  of  three  score  and  ten,  however,  as  if  t-.> 
demonstrate  the  instability  of  all  worldly  success,  a  series  of  mis- 
fortunes reduced  Mr.  Pierce  at  once  from  affluence  to  bankruptcy. 
His  most  serious  losses  resulted  from  disa>ter>  to  his  ships,  one  of 
which,  his  last  and  best,  with  valuable  freight,  was  lost  on  the  pas- 
sage home  from  India  and  the  insurance  on  this  ship  was  to  him  so 
ruinous  as  to  close  his  commercial  career.  The  great  and  sudden 
change  in  his  circumstances  might  well  be  expected,  considering  the  un- 
usual weakness  of  age.  to  cast  a  shadow  over  his  future  peace  and  hap- 
piness, but  it  is  said  that  he  bore  the  trials  with  resignation  and  did 
not  allow  the  loss  of  property  to  darken  the  evening  of  his  life  with 
the  hues  of  sadness  and  discontent. 


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Those  who  remembered  him  in  the  days  of  his  prosperity,  speak 
of  him  as  a  man  honest  in  all  his  dealings.  The  venerable  merchant 
passed  from  his  high  position  to  a  state  of  dependence  in  which  he 
lived  about  ten  years.  He  died  in  March,  1818. 

II.  Joseph  Pierce,  who  was  born  in  Gloucester,  Mass.       He  re- 

moved to  New  Gloucester,  Me.,  where  he  died,  in  1837. 

III.  William   Pierce,   who   was  born  in    1751.          He  was  left 
an     orphan     at      an      early      age,      and      was      provided      for     in 
the  family  of  a  maternal  uncle  with  whom  he  remained.       He  received 
only  such  advantages  of  education  as  were  common  at  that  time,  till 
he  was  old  enough  to  commence  a  seafaring  life.       Good  traits  were 
early  discovered  in  him  and  such  were  his  habits  of  enterprise,  sagacity 
and  prudence  that  when  quite  young  he  was  employed  by  David  Pierce3 
his  brother,  in  the  management  of  his  extensive  business  operations. 
At  the  age  of  twenty-one  he  was  placed  in  command  of  a  vessel  in 
the  West  Indies,  which  calling  he  pursued  with  such  success  as  in  a 
few  years  to  acquire  sufficient  property  to  be  able  to  establish  himself 
as  a  merchant. 

During  the  Revolutionary  War  he  participated  in  the  risks  and 
profits  of  privateering.  He  was  the  builder  and  owner  of  a  privateer 
called  the  "Friendship",  a  brig  that  captured  near  the  West  Indies 
a  vessel  of  one  hundred  and  thirty  tons  with  a  cargo  of  rum.  The  brig 
also  captured  the  "Schooner"  and  the  "Speedwell." 

When  peace  came  he  engaged  in  extensive  commercial  pursuits 
which  largely  increased  his  property  and  elevated  him  in  the  principal 
business  of  the  world,  to  rank  with  the  most  eminent  merchants  of 
Xt'w  England.  "His  generosity  was  proverbial  and  as  one  of  his 
many  liberal  acts  may  be  cited  the  gift  of  Fifteen  Hundred  Dollars 
towards  the  erection  of  a  meeting  house  in  Gloucester,  in  1805.  At 
the  organization  of  the  militia  of  the  State,  soon  after  the  close  of 
the  Revolutionary  War  he  was  honored  with  the  commission  of  colo- 
nel of  the  third  Envoy  Regiment  and,  on  November  3,  1788,  brought 
out  his  command  for  exercise  and  service. 

He  was  twice  married  and  had  several  children  among  whom 
were : 

i.  William  Pierce,  who  was  born  in  1778.  He  spent  a 
few  years  in  a  seafaring  life  and  was  then  admitted 
a  partner  in  his  father's  business  until  the  time  of  his 
appointment  to  the  office  of  collector  of  customs  for 


THE  STEVENS   GENEALOGY 

the  port  of  Gloucester.  He  was  representative  in 
the  General  Court  in  1806  and  1807,  and  died  on  De- 
cember 14,  1814.  He  was  in  the  office  of  the  Glouces- 
ter Bank,  at  the  time  of  his  death. 

2.  George  W.  Pierce,  who  was  born  in  17/9,  held  the  of- 
fice of  collector  for  the  port  of  Gloucester  and  repre- 
-.-nted  the  town  in  the  General  Court,  in  1841. 
He  married  a  daughter  of  \Yilliam  W.  Par- 
ratt,  of  Portsmouth,  X.  H.,  who  removed  to  Glouces- 
ter and  became  a  partner  in  the  mercantile  firm.  He 
was  for  many  years  a  leading  citizen  of  the  town.  He 
was  also  the  town's  single  representative  in  the  Genera! 
Court  for  several  years  and  afterwards  he  became  a 
State  Senator. 


LEON  MCDONALD 

Adopted  son   of  the  Author. 


THE  STEVENS  GENEALOGY. 


PART     II. 
Stevens  Families  of  New  England. 


SECTION  I. 
SAMUEL  STEVENS,  of  Woodstock,  Me- 

SAMUEL  STEVENS,  the  brother  of  Ezra  Stevens,  was  born  on 
Sept.  1 6,  1754.  He  first  married  Desire  Harlow.  They  removed  from 
Plymouth  to  Paris,  Me.,  and  then  to  Woodstock.  He  was  in  the  war 
of  1812.  He  served  two  terms  in  the  state  legislature  from  1822-31 
and  was  very  much  respected.  He  owned  the  first  mill  in  Woodstock. 
He  married,  second,  Emma  Swan,  who  was  born  on  March  29,  1767. 
She  was  the  daughter  of  William  Swan,  of  Sherwood,  Me. 

Samuel  Stevens  died  at  the  age  of  one-hundred  and  two  years,  on 
October  25,  1856.  He  had  : 

I.  Samuel  Stevens,  Jr.,  who  was  born  on  January  6,  1789,  in 
Plymouth,  Mass.  He  married  Betsy  Doten.  He  was 
killed  while  working  at  Rock  Mills.  They  had: 

i.  Samuel  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  December  i,  1823.  He 
married  on  December  31,  1855,  Jane  Lockhart,  who 
was  born  on  September  6,  1824.  She  was  the  daugh- 
ter of  John  Lockhart  of  Nova  Scotia.  They  had: 

i.  Lizzie  Jane  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  September  9, 
1857  and  died  on  March  31,  1882. 

ii.  George  Lockhart  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  Jan. 
S,  T8r>o,  and  who  died  on  September  6,  1883 
He  was  a  printer. 


86  THL:  STEVENS  GENEALOGY 

2.     Joseph   Doten    Stevens,   who   married   and   resided   in 
Kansas.       He  had  four  children. 

II.  Eleaser  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  January  13,  1/92.       He 

married  Xancy  Stevens,  of  Sumner.       They  had: 

1.  Charles  W.  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  January  31,  1817. 

He  married  Evelyn  Dean,  of  Paris,  Me.       They  had: 

i.     Charles  E.  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  February   22, 

1844. 

ii.     \\illiam  E.  Stevens,  who  died  very  young. 
iii.     \Yilliam  O.  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  August  12, 

1850. 
iv.     Emma  E.  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  January    10, 

1855- 

2.  Xancy  Stevens,  who  married  Solon  Chase. 

3.  Sylvia  Stevens,  who  married  Hubbard  Rowe. 

4.  Oates  Stevens 

5.  Eliza  Stevens,  who  married  Walson  Upody. 

III.  Desire  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  January  3,  1798.      She  died 

in  Portland,  Me.,  on  April  10,  1869.  She  married 
Artemas  Felt,  of  Rumford,  Me.  He  was  born  on  October 
15.  1800.  Artemas  Felt  was  the  son  of  Joshua  Felt  and 
Lucy  Spaulding  Shafford,  who  removed  to  Rumford.  Me., 
previous  to  1800,  and  to  \Yoodstock,  Me.,  in  1809.  He 
died  in  1862.  He  was  the  son  of  Peter  and  Lucy  Andrews 
Felt,  of  Lynn.  Mass.,  afterwards  of  Temple,  N.  H. 
They  had : 

1.  Jesse  Felt.       He  was  a  jeweler  and  lived  in  Portland, 
Me. 

2.  Samuel  Felt,  who  married  Martha  Clark.       He  was  a 

mason  and  resided  at  Locker  Mills.  Me.      They  had : 

i.     Estella  Felt 

ii.     Xellie  Felt,  who  married  Thomas  Daniels  and  re- 


EUGENE   TROUSLOT 
Brother-in-Law  of  the  Author. 


STEVENS  FAMILIES  OF  NEW    ENGLAND  8<> 

sided  in  Portland,  Me.      They  had : 

(1)  Lester  Daniels 

(2)  Mary  Daniels. 

iii.     George  Felt 
iv.     Lizzie  Felt 
v.     Alice  Felt. 

3.  Artemas  Felt 

4.  Desire  Felt 

5.  Lucy  Felt,  who  married  Abner  C.  Libby  and  resided  at 

Locker  Mills.      They  had  : 

i.     Jessie  F.  Libby,  who  married  Ena  Young, 
ii.     Dora  Libby,  who  married  F.  B.  Swan. 

6.  Lizzie  D.  Felt,  who  married  O.  R.  Yates,  M.  D.,  and 
resided  at  West  Paris,  Me.      They  had : 

i.     Alton  D.  Felt  Yates,  who  died  young, 
ii.     Llewellyn  Felt  Yates, 
iii.     Myrtle  Felt  Yates. 

7.  Eliza  R.  Felt,  who  married  Van  Buren  Stephens.    They 

had: 

i.     Velina  C.  Stephens,  who  was  born  on  November  i, 
1857.      She  married  Charles  R.  Dunham  who  was 
born  on  November  ii,  1848.      They  had: 
( i )     Frank  R.  Dunham,  who  was  born  on  Decem- 
ber 9,  1880. 

ii.  Frank  Stephens,  who  married  Georgia  Stone,  M. 
D.  She  was  a  graduate  of  Brunswick  and  re- 
sided at  Lynn,  Mass. 

IV.     Jesse  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  December  12,  1802.       He 
married  Abigail  Serney.      They  had : 

1.  Somna  Stevens, 

2.  Lizzie  Stevens,  who  married  George  D.  Robertson. 

3..    Daniel  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  November  5,   1841,. 


9O  THE   STEVENS   GENEALOGY 

married  Elizabeth  Melber,  in  Lewiston. 

V.  Emma  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  December  30,  1804.       She 

married  Richard  Serney.      They  had  : 

1.  Delaina  Serney 

2.  Samuel  Serney 

3.  Emma  Serney 

4.  Richard  Serney. 

VI.  Benjamin  Steven-.  who  was  l.x.»rn  on  March  28.  1807.       He 

married  Julia  Daniels,  of  Woodstock,  Me.       She  died  on 
April  3,  1887.      They  had: 

1.  Sarah  Stevens,  who  died  young. 

2.  Emma  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  May  31,  1833. 

3.  Qren  Stevens,  who  was  a  physician  at  Oxford,  Me. 
He  graduated  at  Brunswick.       He  first  married  Ellen 
Davis,  and,  second,  Sarah  Libby.      They  had  : 

i.     George  E.  Stevens,  who  married  Ida  M.  Dow,  on 
November  16,  1881.      They  had: 

i  i  )     Ward  J.  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  Novem- 

ber 4,  about  1884. 
(2)     Bertha  A.  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  May 

28,  1886. 

4.  Eliza  Stevens,  who  died  young. 

5.  Ester  Ellen  Stevens,  who  married  John  Hall  and  re- 

sided in  Boston. 

6.  Julia  M.  Stevens 

7.  Jenny  Stevens,  who  died  young. 

VII.  Oren  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  March  6,  1809.      He  died 
young. 

VIII.  Jane  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  April   29,    1812.       She 
married  Joseph  Davis.      They  had  : 


T.     Lovina  Davis,  who  was  born  on  October  i,  1835. 

married  Orasmus  Mute.       She  died  on  December  27, 


EVELINE  FARLEY 
Who  lived  with  the  Author  for  three  years. 


STEVENS  FAMILIES  OF   NEW   ENGLAND  93 

1880.       They  had: 

i.     Henry  O.  Mute,  who  was  born  on  March  14,  1862. 

ii.     Joseph  Edson  Mute,  who  was  born  on  September 

3,  1863. 

Edith  R.  Mute,  who  was  born  on  April  8,  1865. 

Ernest    Mute,    who    was    born   on    September   5, 

1867.      He  died  on  March  4,  1868. 
v.     Frankie  E.  Mute,  who  was  born  on  January  29, 

1869.      He  died  on  January  5,  1870. 
vi.     Mabel   Louise   Mute,   who   was   born   on   March 
26,  1871. 

2.  Joseph  Henry  Davis,  who  married  Julia  Irish. 

3.  Antoinette  Davis,  who  married  Charles  Chase. 

4.  Jennie  Davis,  who  married  Alfred  Bryant. 

IX.     Mary  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  April  19,  1815. 


SECTION    II. 
EZRA  STEVENS,  of  Buckfield,  Me. 

EZRA  STEVENS,  was  born  on  Feb.  27,  i)  T  at  Buckfield,  Me. 
He  married  Lydia  Robinson,  who  was  born  on  October  16,  1789,  and 
who  died  on  January  6.  1827.  He  was  killed  by  a  horse  on  January 
26,  1820.  They  had  : 

Benjamin  S.  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  September  29,  1808  at 
Siimner,  Me.  He  married,  first,  Abigail  Sampson,  who  was  born  on 
May  30,  1812  at  Middleboro,  Mass.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Nathan 
Sampson  and  Miss  Holland.  She  died  on  July  30,  1860.  They  re- 
sided at  Peru,  then  at  Paris,  Me.,  and  afterwards  Hartford,  Me.,  in 
1830.  He  married  the  second  time,  Olive  Rich,  in  Oxford.  She 
resided  in  Lawrence,  Mass.  He  died  on  May  8,  1874,  at  Paris  Me. 
He  was  a  Universalist  and  a  farmer.  By  his  second  wife  he  had  no 
children,  but  his  first  wife  had : 

I.  Ezra  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  January  9,  1831,  at  Sumner, 
Me.  On  January  23,  1860,  he  married  Laura  Butter- 
field  Andrews,  at  Bicldiford,  Me.  She  was  the  great 


94  THE   STEVENS   GENEALOGY 

grandchild  of  John  Holland,  who  came  in  the  Mayflower  in 
1620.  Ezra  Stevens  commenced  life  as  a  peddler  at  the 
age  of  sixteen.  In  1857  they  settled  in  JBarnett.  In 
1868  they  moved  to  Briant  Pond,  Me.,  and  there  he  opened 
a  general  store  with  a  stock  of  clocks,  watches  and  jewelry. 
In  1865  he  went  into  the  show  and  Museum  business,  and 
traveled  through  the  West  with  the  Australian  Circus.  He 
had  a  copy  of  the  Stevens  Bible  printed  in  London.  They 
had: 

1.  Cora  Ella  Stevens.       She  married  and  had:       Joseph- 

ine, who  was  born  in  Paris,  Me.,  on  December  n,  1859. 
She  married  Colby  Allen  in  Norway,  Me.  He  was  a 
clothier.  They  moved  to  Boston  in  1883,  and  then  to 
Minneapolis,  Minn.  ,  where  he  went  into  the  real  estate 
business.  She  died  on  February  9,  1884,  and  was  bur- 
ied at  Briant  Pond,  Me.  She  was  a  member  of  the 
V.  O.  G.  C,  at  Norway.  Me.  They  had: 

i.  Guy  Glendon  Allen,  who  was  born  on  February  9, 
1876  and  who  died  on  March  15,  1883. 

ii.  E.  Lenwoodman  Allen,  who  was  born  on  February 
22,  1879  an(l  wno  died  on  September  18.  1879. 

2.  John  Ezra  Stevens,  who  was  l>orn  on  March  i,  1861.  He 

married  Corie  Swane  in  Rumford,  Me.,  on  October 
6,  1883.  He  was  a  jeweler  and  also  a  member  of  the 
Masonic  Lodge  at  Rriant  Pond,  Me.  They  had: 

i.     Glendon  \Yebster  Swane  Stevens,  who  was  born 

on  May  27,   1885. 
ii.     Elizabeth   Laura    Swane   Stevens,   who   was  born 

on  February  19.  1887. 

3.  Annie  Laura   Stevens,  who  was  born  in   1861.       She 
married  Eugene  Cole  on  September  29,  1883.       They 
had: 

i.  Clarence  Eugene  Cole,  who  was  born  on  May  8. 
1884. 


ROLLIN  B.  TROUSLOT  and  BARNARD  FIELD  STEVENS 
Nephews  of  the  Author. 


STEVENS   FAMILIES  OF   NEW    ENGLAND  9,7- 

4.  Phebe   M.    Cole   Stevens,   who   was   born   on   August 
27,   1862.       She  married  Clarence  O.  Smith  at  Law- 
rence, on  May  3,  1882.         They  had: 

i.     Laura  Mabel  Smith,  who  was  born  on  March  31, 
1884. 

5.  Lydia   L.    Stevens,   who   was   born   on   February   25, 

1864.        She   married   Clarke   B.   Rankin,   M.   D.,   at 
Briant  Pond,  on  Oct.  18,  1887. 

6.  Margelia  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  January  23,  1866, 
and  who  died  on  September  9,  1870. 

/.     Infant. 

8.  George  Lewis  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  January  26, 

1870.       He  was  a  member  of  the  Chautauqua  school, 
of  Plainfield,  N.  Y.,  class  91,  C.  L.  S.  C.       He  re- 
sided at  Briant  Point,  Me. 

9.  Birdena  May  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  May  13,  1874. 

10.  Harry  Iruen  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  August  12, 
1875  an(l  who  died  on  August  8,  1886. 

II.     Sarah  J.  Stevens,  who  was  born  in  September,  1833.       She 
married  John  Garry.       They  had : 

1.  Ella  J.  Garry,  who  was  born     on     April     13,     185 r, 
at  Paris,  I^e.       She  died  on  March  31,  1854. 

2.  Joseph  Garry,  who  was  born  on  September  18,  1852. 

He  married  twice.      He  lost  one  child  when  he  resid- 
ed in  Lynn,  Mass. 

3.  Abby  J.  Garry,  who  was  born  on  November  17,  1853, 

at  Paris,   Me.        She  married  Justin   Millet  in    1873, 
at  Norway,  Me.       They  had: 

i.     Annie  L.  Millet,  who  was  born  on  November  30, 

1875- 
ii.  Alton  Millet,  who  was  born  on  December  30, 

1877. 
iii.  Mabel  G.  Millet,  who  was  born  on  July  16, 

1881. 
iv.  Jerome  F.  Millet,  who  was  born  on  October  13, 

1883. 


THE   STKVENS   GENEALOGY 

v.     Ethel  Millet,  \\lio  was  born  on  August   16,   i8S6 

III.  Adolphus  M.  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  May  18,  1835.  ''n 

Peru,  Me.       He  died  on  January  9,  1836. 

IV.  Lewis  H  .  H.  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  July  17,  1837.       1  le 

\\as  in  the  Civil  War,  in   1861.       He  died  at  Woodstock. 
Me. 

V.  Lydia  L.  A.  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  December  10,   1840, 

at  Paris,  Me.,  and  died  on  March  i,  1858,  at  Oxford,  Me. 

VI.  Margelia  J.   Stevens,   who   was  born   on   August  22.    1843, 

died  on  June  24,  1861. 


SECTION    III. 

ANDREW  STEVENS,  of  Montpelier,  Vt. 

ANDREW  STEVENS,  who  came  from  Wales  in  the  i/th  century 
was  hound  out  to  his  uncle  when  a  boy.  The  boy  was  used  so  badly 
that  he  ran  away  and  sailed  for  America.  When  near  the  sh  >re  he 
was  shipwrecked  but  managed  to  swim  ashore,  and  when  near  the 
land  found  some  one  hanging1  on  to  him.  This  proved  to  be  a  lady 
whose  life  he  had  saved  and  who  afterwards  became  his  wife.  When 
ins  old  uncle  died  his  c-state  descended  to  the  nephew  but  he  never 
went  back  to  claim  it.  and  it  is  supposed  that  it  is  still  awaiting  a 
claimant.  He  had  a  son.  Timothy  Stevens,  who  had  children,  as  fol- 
lows : 

I.  Prince  Stevens,  who  died  at  East  Montpelier,  Vt. 

II.  Reliance    Stevens,    who   married   and   had   children,   as    fol- 

lows : 

I.  Clark  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  October  15,  176.1 
at  Rochester,  Mass.  He  removed  to  Montpelier,  Ve; 
mont  from  Massachusetts  in  1790  and  after  that  year 
his  father,  mother,  sisters  and  brothers  also  removed 
to  Montpelier.  He  married  on  December  30,  1792, 
Hulda  Eoster,  in  Rochester,  who  was  born  there  o-i 
i  August  28,  1776.  She  died  on  July  18,  1845.  i;1 

East  Montpelier.       He  died  on   November  20,    1853. 


DEACON  HORACE  BARNES  and  WIFE 


STEVENS  FAMILIES  OF  NEW   ENGLAND  I(M 

He  took  part  in  the  Revolutionary  War.       He  was 
a  farmer  and  a  whaler.       They  had: 

i.     Seneca  Stevens,  who  was  born  about  1793. 

ii.     Paulina  Stevens,  who  was  born  about  1795. 

iii.     Mary  Stevens,  who  was  born  about  1797. 

iv.  Stephen  F.  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  March  24, 
1799,  and  who  married,  on  July  8,  1829,  at  Fer- 
resburg,  Rachael  F.  Byrd,  who  was  born  on  Feb- 
ruary 6,  1804,  at  Vergennes,  Vt.  He  was  a  rep- 
resentative in  the  State  Legislature  and  sergeant 
at  arms  of  the  State  House.  He  was  also  a 
farmer.  He  died  on  April  30,  1857,  at  East 
Montpelier,  Vt.  She  died  on  September  14, 
1868.  They  had: 

(1)  Mary  Stevens,  who  was  born  about   1830. 

(2)  Thomas  B.  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  No- 
vember  28,    1833,   married  on  December  3, 
1862,  at  Cabot,  Vt.,  Jane  L.  Bliss,  of  Calais, 
who  was  born  an  July  19,   1841.       He  was 
a  farmer.      They  had  : 

a.     Leonora  R.   Stevens,  who  was  born  on 
March  29,  1869,  in  East  Montpelier. 

(3)  Timothy    Stevens,    who    was    born    about 

1835- 

(4)  William  B.  Stevens,  who  was  born  about 

1837- 

(5)  Annie  Stevens,  who  was  born  about  1839. 

(6)  James  Stevens,  who  was  born  about  1840. 

(7)  Charles  F.  Stevens,  who  was  born  in  1842. 

v.  Clark  Stevens,  Jr.,  who  was  born  about  1801. 
vi.  Timothy  Stevens,  who  was  born  about  1803. 
vii.  James  Stevens,  who  was  born  about  1804. 
viii.  Huldah  Stevens,  who  was  born  about  1806. 

2.  Smith  Stevens,  who  was  born  about  1766. 
3.  Mary  Stevens,  who  was  born  about  1768. 


1O2  THE   STEVENS   GENEALOGY 

4.  Betsey  Stevens,  who  was  born  about   1770. 

5.  Hinkley  Stevens,  who  was  born  about  1772. 

6.  Prince  Stevens,  who  was  born  about   1774,  at  Mont 

pelier  and  who  was  buried  there. 

7.  Reliance  Stevens,  who  was  born  about  1776. 

8.  Charles  Stevens,  who  was  born  about  1778. 

III.  John  Stevens 

IV.  Lemuel  Stevens. 


SECTION  IV. 
THOMAS  STEVENS,  of  Worcester,  Mass. 

TH(  >M  AS  STEVENS,  who  was  the  brother  of  Dr.  Cyprian  Stev- 
ens and  Siir.on  Stevens,  was  born  about  1756  or  60.  He  married  Sally 
Stowell  of  Worcester.  Mass.  He  died  on  June  19,  1815.  They  had 
children,  as  follows  : 

I.  Daniel    Stevens,    who    was    born    about    1782    at   Worcester, 

Ma-s..  and  who  married  Almina  Stevens,  his  cousin,  the 
daughter  of  Dr.  Cyprian  Stevens. 

II.  Sally  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  September  24,  1784  at  Paris, 

Me.,  married  Jared  M.  Buck,  of  Norway,  Me. 

III.  Benjamin  Stevens,  who  was  born  in  October  1786,  at  Paris, 

Me.,  married  Mary  Briggs,  of  Glover  Vt.  He  died  on 
May  15,  1861,  and  she  died  on  September  9,  1848.  They 
had: 

i.     George  W.   Stevens,  who  was  born  on  November  4, 
1817,  married  Summit  Shurtleff.       They  had: 

i.     George  F.  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  August  21, 
1849,  married  Eugenia  Whitman.  They  had: 

(1)  Eugenia  A.  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  No- 
vember 25,  1876. 

(2)  Willie  A.   Stevens,   who  was  born  on  Feb- 


SOLON  BOOMER    and  LOIS  BARNES  BOOMER 


STEVENS  FAMILIES  OF  NEW   ENGLAND  105 

ruary    19,    1878   and    who    died   on    April    19, 
1879. 

(3)  Albert  F.   Stevens,  who  was  born  on  July 
8,  1881. 

(4)  Dora  May  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  No- 
vember 3,  1882. 

(5)  Mallard    A.  Stevens,    who    was    born    on 
June  29,  1885.      He  was  a  twin. 

(6)  Martha   A.    Stevens,   twin,   who    was   born 
on  June  29,  1885,  married  William  Willis   at 
West  Paris,  Me. 

2.  Lewis  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  May  27,  1819,  died 

on  August  23,  1819. 

3.  Hartwell    Stevens,   who   was   born   on   September    10, 

1820. 

4.  Susie  Ann  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  March  28,  1822, 

married  Abram  Buck  of  Norway,  Me. 

5.  Elutra  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  January  23,   1824, 

died  on  August  25,  1849. 

IV.  John  Stevens,  who  was  born  about  1788.       He  studied  med- 

icine at  Paris,  Me. 

V.  Clara  Stevens,  who  was  born  about  1790  at  Paris,  Me. 

VI.  Thomas  Stevens,  Jr.,  who  was  born  about  1792,  and  who 

married    Mahala    Bartlett.        He    died   on    November   26, 
1865  at  Paris,  Me.       They  had: 

1.  Francis   Marian   Stevens,  who  was  born  in  February 

1832. 

2.  Augustus  Chase  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  October  5, 

1833- 

3.  Louisa  Woodman  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  October 

19.  1835. 

4.  Daniel   Bartlett  Stevens,     who  was  born  on  January 
24,  1837.       They  had: 

i.     John  Stevens,  who  married  Sarah  Buck.       They 
had: 


1O6  THE  STEVENS  GENEALOGY 

(i)     Lizzie    Stevens,   who   was  born  on    March 
25,  1869  and  who  died  on  July  3,  1876. 

5.     Dana  Boardman  Stevens,  who  was  born  about  1839. 

VII.  Martha  Stevens,  who  was  born  about  1793,  married  John 
Bcirker  Wartford,  at  Paris,  Me. 

VIII.  Eliza    Stevens,    who   was   born    on    November   23,    1795. 
She  married  at  Paris,  Me. 


SECTION     V. 

SIMON  STEVENS,  of  N.  H. 

SIMON  STKVEXS.  who  died  on  Feb.  12,  1842,  married  Nancy 
French.      She  died  on  August  8.  1834.      They  had: 

I.  Rufus  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  October  21,  1821,  married 

Sarah  More. 

II.  Alemare  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  July  28,   1823,  married 

Jane  Flendres  of  Boston,  Mass. 

III.  Levi  H.  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  July  3,   1825  married 

Sarah  A.  Bartle,  of  Bath.  N.  H. 

IV.  Cyrus  F.  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  March  28,  1827,  mar- 

ried Miss  Laughlin. 

V.  Jane  R.  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  April  29,  1829. 

VI.  Sarah  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  July  29,  1831,  married  S. 

M.  Black. 

VII.  Abigail   F.    Stevens,    who    was   born   on    October   9,    1833 
died  on  February  2,   1882.       She  married  for  the  second 
time,  in  1856.  Wedon  Massy  P.  Felton. 

VIII.  Jeruis  C.  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  March  6,   1838  and 
who  died  on  March  8,  1867. 

IX.  Mary  A.  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  January  31,  1841,  died 

in  May  1877. 


ORTON  BARNES  and  SISTERS 
Children  of  Deacon  Barnes. 


STEVENS  FAMILIES  OF   NEW   ENGLAND  IO9 

SECTION    VI. 
DR.  CYPRIAN  STEVENS,  of  Maine. 

DR.  CYPRIAN  STEVENS,  who  was  born  about  1759  married 
Sally  Robinson.       He  died  on  July  3,  1807.       They  had: 

I.  Almina  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  June  7,   1791,  and  who 

married  Daniel  Stevens.      She  died  in  China,  Me. 

II.  Harriet  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  November  6,  1793,  mar- 

ried William  Fobes,  of  Paris,  Me. 

III.  Cyprian  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  March  26,   1795,  mar- 

ried Almina  Thayer,  on  July  5,  1828.  The  family  re- 
moved to  Wankan  in  1856.  He  died  from  the  effects  of 
a  rattlesnake  bite,  on  September  6,  1858. 

IV.  Sally  R.  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  February  5,  1797,  mar- 

ried Rufus  Stowell. 

V.  Simon  Spooner  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  July  6,  1807.      He 

had: 

1.  Angeline  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  March  9,   1824, 
married   John    Nevers   Andrews    and   died   in    Raise, 
Switzerland,  on  October  21,  1883. 

2.  Paulina  R.  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  November  12, 

1825,  married  John  Heligase. 

3.  Frances  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  February  28,  1828, 

died  in  August  1829. 

4.  Harriet  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  October  21,  1830. 

She  married  Mr.  Smith. 

5.  Frances  J.  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  March  19,  1834, 

married  John  Farns worth. 

6.  Oliver  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  May  9,  1836,  mar- 
.  ried  Susan  Smith. 

7.  Charles  F.  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  April  n,  1841, 

married  Esther  Kilgore. 


1  IO  THE  STEVENS   GENEALOGY 


SECTION      VII. 

THOMAS  STEVENS,  of  Thomaston,  Me. 

THOMAS  STEVENS,  from  the  vicinity  of  Providence,  went  to 
Falmouth  and  thence  with  his  \vife  removed  to  Thomaston.  in  1763. 
They  had: 

I.  Nehemiah  Stevens,  who  married   Nancy  Ely,  at  Providence, 

on  August  20,  1789.       They  resided  and  died  there.  They 
had: 

1.  John  Stevens,   who  was  born  about   1794.       He  mar- 

ried, first,  Eliza  Tobey,  on  November  13.  1818,  and, 
second.  Mary  Pease,  and.  third,  Elsay  Cummings. 

2.  James  Stevens,  who  was  born  about  1796.       He  was 

a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812.  He  first  married  Han- 
nah Libby,  on  January  13,  1825,  and,  second,  Cath- 
erine H.  Ladd,  at  Providence,  on  May  17.  1844. 

3.  Dexter  Stevens,  who  was  lost  at  sea. 

4.  Harriet   Stevens,   who   was  born  on   October   I,    1805, 

married  Constant  Hanking  and  resided  at  Rockland. 

II.  Thomas  Stevens,  who  was  born  about  1767  married  Hannah 

Spear   at   Providence,   on   June    23,    1788.   and   resided   at 
Thomaston.       He  died  March  22,  1830.       They  had: 

I.  George  \Y.  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  July  26,  1793 
married  Rachel  Yoose  on  July  20,  1820,  and  resided 
at  Thomaston.  He  died  on  February  12.  1832.  They 
had: 

i.  Leonard  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  January  5, 
1821,  married,  first.  Mary  Shaw,  on  December 
15,  1844,  and,  second,  Laura  Cookson,  on  Octo- 
ber 3,  1858,  and  resided  at  Rockland. 

ii.  John  V.  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  July  n,  1823 
and  who  died  in  August  1842. 

iii.     Mary  Y.  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  May  3,  1825, 


ARTHUR   H.   BARNES 


STKVKXS   FAMILIKS   UF    NEW    ENGLAND  113 

married   (iconic   Campbell   and   resided   at  Rock- 
land. 

iv.     ( leorge  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  November  22, 
1829. 

2.  Samuel  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  July  5,  1795,  mar- 
ried, first,  Clarissa  Hersey,  at  Providence,  on  February 
ID,  1816.  He  married,  second,  Catherine  Hyler,  on 
December  16,  1817. 

III.  William  Stevens,  who  was  born  about  1770. 

IV.  Hannah  Stevens,  who  was  born  about  1777  and  who  married 

Nathan    I'lackington.       They   resided  at  Rockland. 

V.  Ephraim  Stevens,  who  was  born  about   1781  and  who  resid- 

ed at  Rockland. 

VI.  Sarah  Stevens,  who  married  Eben  Thompson,  of  Falmouth, 

the  event  being  published  on  March  11,  1809. 

VII.  Lucy  Lewis  Stevens  who  was  an  adopted  daughter.       She 
married  Samuel  Kelloch. 

VIII.  Elizabeth  Stevens,  who  married,  first,  David  Braley  and 
second,  Charles  Wright  and  resided  at  Thomaston,  where 
she  died. 


SECTION    VIII. 

LEVI  STEVENS,  of  New  Englana,  and  others. 
Reported  by  Milo  B.  Stevens,  Case  Building,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

LEVI   STEVENS,  who  lived  and  died  somewhere  in  the  New 
England  States,  had : 

I.    '  Otho  Stevens,  who  lived  in  Vermont.       He  had  : 

i.  Simeon  Stevens,  who  was  born  about  1800  in  Cale- 
donia Co.,  Vt.,  married  Zeviah  Bennett  about  1822. 
She  was  born  about  1802.  He  lived  there  until  1837 
when  he  removed  to  Lake  Co.,  Ohio.  He  was  a  farm- 
er at  Geneva,  Ohio,  from  1840  until  1857.  He  then 
moved  to  Spring  Valley,  Minn.  He  died  in  Fill- 
more  Co.  He  had : 


IJ4  Till-:    STKVHNS    CKXKAI.OllY 


II.  Stevens.  v.  ho  was  born  on  April  25,  1838, 
at  Madison.  Lake  Co..  Ohio.  •  He  resided  at  Cal- 
edonia, ( )hio,  and  was  an  attorney.  He  en- 
gaged in  collecting  claims  against  the  United 
State>  ( lovernment.  He  served  as  a  private  sol- 
dier during  the  war  of  the  rebellion  in  the  1/j.th 
(  )hio  Independent  Kattery  of  Light  Artillery. 
Following  is  the  announcement  of  his  death, 
under  date  of  1896.  "Milo  B.  Stevens,  one  of 
the  best  known  pension  attorneys  in  the  United 
States,  died  today  at  Cleveland,  Ohio  at  the  age 
of  fifty-eight."  He  had  : 

(l)  Kugenie  K.  Stevens,  who  was  born  on 
March  15,  180:;.  She  never  married  and 
died  at  Washington.  1).  L'. 

Milo  I',.  Stevens,  further  reports,  as  fol- 
lows: "As  long  ago  as  the  fall  of  the  year 
1864.  1  had  s'Hiie  correspondence  with  An- 
drew J.  Stevens,  at  that  time  American 
Consul  at  Windsor,  Canada.  Mr.  Stevens 
was  engaged  in  getting  material  for  a  gene- 
alogical history  of  the  Stevens  family.  The 
project  was  abandoned,  however,  as  he  in- 
formed me.  after  the  collection  of  a  large 
amount  of  material.  When  last  heard  from 
in  about  i8<>S.  possibly  later,  he  was  sta- 
tioned at  some  point  on  the  Northern  Pacific 
]\.  K..  by  which  company  he  was  at  the  time 
employed  as  land  agent." 

Author's  note  : 

1  heard  of  Mr.  Andrew  J.  Stevens,  the 
compiler  of  the  genealogical  record  of  the 
Stevens  family,  as  above  referred  to  from 
different  sources.  I  have  in  my  possession  a 
formula  of  his  filled  out  by  James  Stevens 
of  Elknville.  Ulster.  X.  V.,  and  forwarded 
to  me  by  Hermon  Stevens,  of  Xapanoch,  N. 
Y.  The  formula  says,  "Address  me  as 
above.  Andrew  J.  Stevens,  U.  S.  Consul  at 
Windsor,  Canada.  P.  O.  Address.  I',  >\  1044. 


HERMON  STEVENS 
of  Napanoch,  X.    Y. 


STEVENS   FAMILIES   OF   NEW    ENGLAND  I  \J 

Detroit,  Mich."  I  hunted  his  whereabouts 
by  letter  till  I  was  told  that  he  was  dead  and 
there  could  be  obtained  no  clue  to  his  rec- 
ord. There  is  also  a  note  from  Washing- 
ton, D.  C,  on  January  19,  1888  from  Assist- 
ant Secretary  G.  H.  Rives,  as  follows :  "I 
have  to  inform  you  that  it  appears  from  pa- 
pers on  file  in  this  department  that  Andrew 
J.  Stevens,  Esq.,  formerly  Consul  of  the 
United  States  at  Windsor,  Ontario,  was  in 
1886,  prior  to  his  appointment,  residing  in 
Des  Moines,  Iowa.  It  has  not  been  possible 
to  determine  from  any  source  of  information 
accessible  to  the  department  at  what  city  Mr. 
Stevens  took  up  his  residence  after  having 
been  relieved  by  his  successor  at  Windsor  in 
1869.  nor  i-s  it  known  whether  he  is  still  liv- 
ing at  this  time." 


SECTION    IX, 

DANIEL  STEVENS,  JR.,  of  Concord,  N,  H. 

DANIEL  STEVENS,  JR.,  connected  with  the  Bent  family,  mar- 
lied  on  July  20,  1797,  Eunice  E.  Robinson  of  Concord,  N.  H.  He  was  a 
man  remarkable  for  his  size,  weighing  over  three  hundred  pounds. 
He  represented  the  town  several  years  in  the  legislature  and  was  jus- 
tice of  the  peace.  She  died  on  February  20,  1844  at  the  age  of  sixty- 
nine.  They  had : 

I.  Isaac  T.  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  January  3,  1798,  married 

on  October  17,  1817,  Catherine  Tilton  and  they  had  a  fam- 
ily of  thirteen  children,  seven  sons  and  six  daughters. 
Their  oldest  son,  Daniel  Waldo  Stevens,  graduated  at 
Harvard  college  in  1846.  He  studied  theology  and  set- 
tled in  Mansfield. 

II.  Ann   Bent   Stevens,   who  was  born  on   September   16,    1799 

married,  on  September  10,  1820,  Issachar  Dickerman  and 
thev  had  eleven  children.  Their  oldest  daughter  was : 


Jl8  THE   STEVENS   GEXKAl.oiiY 

I.     Eunice  C.  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  June  24,  1821  and 
who  died  on   May    26,    1836  unmarried. 


SECTION    X. 

THE  JEWITT.PEASE^STEVENS  FAMILIES,  of  Lyme,  Conn. 

JOSHUA  RAYMOND  JEWITT,  who  was  born  on  Aug.  14, 
1771,  at  Lyme.  Conn.,  was  the  third  son  of  Capt.  Joseph  Jcwitt  and  Lu- 
cretia  Rogers,  and  great  grandson  of  Elizabeth  Hyde.  He  married 
Sybil  Pettibone,  of  Granby.  where  they  settled  and  where  she  died  on 
April  19,  1813.  They  had: 

I.  George  Jewitt 

II.  Harriet  Jewitt.  who  was  born  on  March  28.  17^7.  at  <  iranby. 

She  ir.arried  on  May  2.  1814,  G rover  A.  Pease,  who  was 
born  on  August  4.  1780,.  He  was  the  son  of  Nathaniel 
Pease  and  Jerusha  Hall.  They  settled  at  Granby  where 
she  was  living  in  1858.  They  had  four  children: 

1.  Albert    Pease,  who  was  born  on  January  J<>.   iSio.  He 

married   Sarah  Ann   Stevens,  <>f  New  Hampshire. 

2.  Edward  Raymond  Pease,  who  was  born  on  April  30, 

1819.       He  married  Martha  Curd,  of  Georgia. 

3.  Mary  Ann  Pease,  who  was  born  on  December  3,  1829. 
She  married  John  Carlton  "\Yelburn. 

4.  George  Augustus  Pease,   who  was  born  on  April  28, 

1839.       He  married  and  his  wife  died  on   March  4, 
1857.  leaving  one  child. 


SECTION    XI. 

FRANCIS  STEVENS,  of  Worcester,  Mass. 

ERANCIS  STEVENS,  of  Parma,  N.  Y.,  formerly  of  Worcester, 
Mass.,  had  :  General  Hector  Stevens,  who  married  on  Sept.  6.  1829, 
Charlotte  Sedgwick,  who  was  born  on  March  31,  1812,  at  Clinton.  He 
was  a  lawyer  and  commenced  practice  in  Rochester,  N.  Y.  He  re- 
moved to  Pontiac,  Mich.,  in  1844,  where  he  was  elected  a  member  of 


LUCRETIA    SUSAN    CONE    BARNES 
Wife  of  Deacon'  Horace  Barnes 


STEVENS  FAMILIES  OF  NEW   ENGLAND  121 

the  thirty-third  Congress.  They  were  living  at  Washington,  D.  C.  in 
1857.  They  had  seven  children,  only  two  of  whom  are  reported,  as 
follows : 

I.  Frank  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  May,  24,  1830,  at  Roches- 

ter, N.  Y. 

II.  Emily   Stevens,   who   was  born  on   November   26,    1832,   at 

Rochester,  X.  Y.  She  married  on  September  5,  1854, 
Oscar  A.  Stevens,  who  was  the  son  of  Rufits  Stevens,  of 
Flint,  Mich.  They  had: 

1.  Hector  L.   Stevens,  who  was  born  on  June   16,   1855, 
and  who  died  on  February  22,  1856. 

2.  Charles  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  June  25,  1856. 


SECTION    XII. 
WILLIAM  STEVENS,  of  Thomaston,  Me. 

The  family  here  traced  is  said  to  have  descended  from  John  Ste- 
vens, one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Andover,  Mass. ;  but  in  the  absence 
of  the  record,  we  are  unable  to  fill  up  the  line  of  descent. 

WILLIAM  STEVENS,  was  born  on  1766.  His  father  was  killed 
in  the  battle  of  Lexington.  He  removed  from  Concord,  N.  H.  Wil- 
liam Stevens  married  Sally  Stevens  and  they  resided  at  Thomaston, 
Me.  He  died  on  March  29,  1826  at  the  age  of  60.  He  was  a  cooper 
by  trade.  They  had  : 

I.  Charles    Stevens,    who   married   Hannah   Tray,   on    December 

30,  1810.     They  resided  at  Gouldboro. 

II.  Nathaniel  Stevens,  who  married   Hathsheba  Marten,  on  No- 
vember 20,  1818.       They  resided  in  Thomaston.       He  died 

in  May  1828.       They  had: 

1.  Eliza   Stevens,   who  married    Felix    Moran  and   resid- 

ed at  Rockland,  was  born  about  1819. 

2.  John  Stevens,  who  was  born  about   1821. 


122  THE  STEVENS   GENEALOGY 

III.  William  K.  Stevens,  who  was  1x>rn  about  1797.       He  mar- 

ried Ann  F.  Bennett  on  December  28,  1820.       They  resided 
at  Thomaston.        They  adopted  : 

1.  John  M.  Stevens,  who  was  born  about  1824.  and  who 

died  on  August   I.   1842. 

2.  Henrietta  Stevens,   who   was  born  about    1839.        Sin- 
married  William  F.  Gay  and  resided  in  Thomaston. 

IV.  Mary  Stevens,  who  married  Henry  Kenneston  and  resided 

in  Thomaston. 

A*.  Hiram  K.  Stevens,  who  was  born  about  1801.  He  married, 
first.  Margaret  Marten,  of  Bristol,  on  December  n,  1823. 
He  married,  second,  Eliza  B.  Martin,  in  Monroe,  on  July 
n,  1846.  They  had: 

1.  Mary   F.  Stevens,  who  was  horn  on   December  4,  1824 

and  who  married  John  Reading  and  resided  in  Ma». 

2.  Ludwig  Stevens,  who  wa>  l>orn  on  February  3.   1827. 
and  who  married  Mary  A.   I'.rown  on  April  23.   1853 

They  resided  in  Rockland.       He  \va>  a  -oldier  in  the 
I*.  S.   Army.       They  had: 

i.     William  P.  Stevens,  who  \\a>  horn  about  1854. 
ii.     Frank  L.  Stevens,  who  was  born  about  1856. 

3.  Madison    Stevens,   who   married   Elizabeth   Wagner   in 

December  1850.  They  resided  in  Rockland.  He 
was  a  corporal  in  4th  Me.,  and  was  killed  on  Sep- 
tember i.  1862,  near  Center,  Ya.  They  had: 

i.     Elsie  M.  Stevens,  who  was  born  about  1852. 

4.  Wallace  Stevens,  who  married  Sarah  <  iih-on  and  resid- 

ed in  Rockland.       They  had  : 

i.     George  Stevens. 

5.  Hiram    Stevens,   who   married  Ann   C.    Long  on  July 

ii.  1857  and  resided  in  Rockland.       They  had: 

i.     Margaret    Stevens,    who    was    horn    in    December 
1859. 


ADDISON  PRATT  and  LOUISA  BARNES  PRATT 


STEVENS   FAMILIES   OF   NEW    ENGLAND  125 

VI.  James  Stevens,  who  married,  first,  Betsey  Peters,  in  No- 
vember 1838,  and,  second,  Mary  Cooper  Knight,  on  Feb- 
ruary IT,  1846.  She  died  on  May  17,  1852  at  the  age  of 
37.  By  Mary  he  had: 

i.     Helen  Stevens. 

V1L  Madison  Stevens,  who  was  born  about  1805,  married  Han- 
nah Marr,  of  Washington.  They  resided  in  Thomaston. 
She  died  on  November  2,  1851.  They  had: 

1.  William  C.  Stevens,  who  resided  in  California. 

2.  Ann   Stevens,  who  was  born  on   September  31,    1834 

and   who   married    Mr.     Marr.        They     resided      in 
Thomaston. 

3.  Charles  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  April  2,  1837  and 

married  Sarah  Sibentree  Kenney,  on  July  4,  1854. 

4.  Solomon  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  March  4,  1839  and 

who  resided  in  Thomaston. 


SECTION  XIII. 

BENJAMIN  STEVENS,  of  Newmarket,  N.  H. 

BENJAMIN   STEVENS,  lived  at  Newmarket,  N.  H.       He  had 
children,  as  follows : 

I.  Edward  Stevens 

II.  Paul  Harris  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  May  21,  1780.       He 

moved  to  Belfast,  Me.,  in  1801,  and  to  Lincolnville,  in 
1804.  He  was  captain  of  militia,  in  1812,  and  sheriff  in 
1808.  He  died  about  1873,  at  Lincolnville,  Me.  He  mar- 
ried Christianna  Ulmer.  They  had  : 

i.  Dolly  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  December  31,  1805. 
She  married  Issac  Mariner.  She  died  on  Novembtr 
22,  1887.  They  had: 

i.     Lucy   Ann   Mariner,  who  was  born  on  August  5, 


l.°6  THE   STEVENS  GENEALOGY 

1832.        She  married  Joseph      Miller  in     March 

1854- 

ii.  Mary  Bennett  Mariner,  who  was  born  on  October 
J3>  l&39-  She  died  on  January  25,  1859. 

iii.  Christianna  Maria  Mariner,  who  was  born  on 
October  17,  1846.  She  married  George  Wards- 
worth  on  December  24,  1867. 

j.     Mary   Maria  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  October  28, 
1807.       She  died  on  May  27,  1847. 

3.  Julia  Ann  Stevens,  \\ho  was  born  on  January  10,  1810. 

She  married  Martin  Carlton.       He  died  in  Hope,  Me. 
They  had : 

i.  Faustina  Carlton.  She  married,  first,  Mr. 
Tuttle  and,  second,  Mr.  Delham. 

ii.  Benjamin  Carlton,  who  married  and  had  six  child- 
ren. 

iii.  Belle  Carlton,  who  married  Mr.  Wiley,  in  Hope, 
Me. 

4.  Philip    Ulmer    Steven-,    who    was    born    on    April    23. 

iSi2  and  who  died  about  1888,  in  the  mountains  of 
Nevada  or  California.  He  was  a  stage  driver.  He 
had  one  child  : 


i.      Sarah   Stevens,  who  married   Mr.   Doeing.       Thev 
had  five  children. 


5.     George    A.    Stevens,    who    was    born    on    October    12. 
1814.       He  married  Mary  Tyler.       They  had: 

i.  Lucy  Stevens,  who  married  Simon  A.  Fish  ami 
resided  in  Rockland,  Me.  They  had  three  child- 
ren. , 

ii.  Katie* Stevens,  who  married  Will  Sylvester,  at 
Brockton.  Mass.  They  had  two  children. 

iii.  Edgar  Stevens,  who  married  Florence  Brown,  at 
Buffalo.  X.  V.. 

iv.      George  K.  Stevens,  who  married  Annie  Curtis  at 


m 


FRANCES  PRATT 
Second    Daughter   of   Louisa  Barnes    Pratt 


STEVKNS   FAMILIES   OF    NEW    ENGLAND  12C) 

Brockton,  Mass.       They  had  one  child, 
v.     Tennie  A.  Stevens. 

6.  (  )rlando  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  January  14,  1817. 

He  married  in  1856  and  died  on  January  12,  1892,  at 
Lincoln,  Me.      He  was  a  farmer.      He  had : 

i.     Elizabeth  ]>.  Stevens,  who  married  Capt  Frank  J. 

Mathews,  who  was  born  on  June  3,  1858.       They 

had  one  child, 
ii.     Charles  Augustus  Stevens,  who  was  born  in  Oct. 

1859,  at  Lincolnville,  Me. 
iii.     Thomas  Harris  Stevens,  M.  D.,  who  was  born  on 

August  2,  1 86 1  at  Tenant  Harbor,  Me. 
iv.     Alaria  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  May  n,  1863, 

at    Brockton,    Mass.        She   married   George    B. 

Pendleton. 

v.     William  Orlando  Stevens,  who  was  born  at  Lin- 
colnville, Me. 
vi.     Gertrude  Stevens 
vii.      Mary  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  March  2,  1874, 

at   Profile  House,  White  mountains,  N.  H. 

7.  Krastus   Foote  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  August  15, 

1819,  at  New  Orleans,  La.       He  had: 

Krastus  Stevens,  who  died  young. 
Annie  Stevens,  who  was  a  teacher  in  New  Or- 
leans. , 

8.  Horatio  Gates   Stevens,  who  \  rn          December 
4,  1821.       He  had: 

i.     Annie  Stevens 

ii.     Gracie   Stevens,   who  married  Joseph   Thibadean. 

iii.     Lue     Stevens,  who  married     William     Carr    at 

Brockton,  Mass.       They  had  two  children, 
iv.     Faustina  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  February  25. 

1854  and  died  in  1860. 

().      Paul   Stevens,  who  was  born  on   September  21,   1826. 
He  had: 


THE    STIiVKNS 


i.     Horatio  Stevens. 
ii.     William  Stevens.  M.  1)..  who  resided' at  Washing- 
ton, D.  C. 

III.     Benjamin  Stevens,  Jr.,  who  had: 

1.  Benjamin  Stevens 

2.  James  Stevens,  and 

3.  A   daughter,  who  married  Capt.  Harrison  Mahoncy.  of 

Belfast.  Me. 


SECTION     XIV. 
THE  FELTSTEVENS  FAMILIES,  of  Maine. 


This  ^ection  gives  additional  information  on  the  record  of  Sam 
Sevens.  «»f  Woodstock,  Me. 

ARTEMAS  FELT,  who  was  born  in  Rum  ford.  Me.,  on  (  )ct.  15. 
]&oo  died  in  Woodstock  on  August  2,  1885.  He  married  in  Wood- 
stock. Me.,  in  1819,  Desire  Stevens,  who  was  the  daughter  of  Capt. 
Samuel  and  Desire  Harlow  Stevens  of  Plymouth,  Mass.  She  was 

:  in  Plymouth,  Ma>s..  on  January  3.  1708  and  died  in  Portland. 
Me.,  on  April  10,  1869.  Mr.  Felt  moved  from  Woodstock  a  fev\ 
\ear-  after  his  marriage  to  the  adjoining  town  of  Greenwood  and  kept 
.i  tavern  and  store  on  Felt's  Hill.  These  were  burnt  and  he  rebui't 
them,  but  after  a  time  he  sold  out  his  tavern  and  bought  a  farm. 
In  i^nS  he  moved  to  Milton  Plantation,  and  in  iS84  he  moved  t<  > 
Kt,,ck,  where  he  died.  They  had: 

I.  Desire  Harlow  Felt,  who  was  born  in  AA'oodsiock.  on   August 

iS.    iSjc.        She  resided  in   (irecnwood. 

II.  Jes>e    Stevens    Felt,    who   was  born    on    September   22.    iSjj. 

III.  Lucy   Spafford    Felt,   who   was  born    May    in.    iSjn.        She 

married  Abner  C.  Lihby. 

Flbina  Lowell  Stevens  Felt,  who  was  born  in  February 
iSjS.  in  ('ireeuwnod.  She  died  in  Lowell,  Mass..  on  August 
jn.  1847.  She  married  in  1845  in  Topsham.  Me..  Fd-- 
ward  Welch.  He  died  in  Durango,  Mexico,  on  Septem- 
ber n.  iS^i.  Thev  had  n<»  children. 


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STEVENS  FAMILIES  OF   NEW    ENGLAND  133 

V.  Samuel  Stevens  Felt,  who  was  born  on  October  12,  1832. 

VI.  Artemas  Elizur  Felt, 

VII.  Lizzie   Doton   Felt,   who  was   born   on  January   24,    1835. 

She  married  Octavus  K.  Yates. 

VIII.  Eliza  Roberts  Felt,  who  was  born  on  June  5,  1838.      She 
married  Martin  Van  Buren  Stevens,  on  September  9,  1853, 
in   Greenwood.        Mr.    Stevens   was   the   son   of  William 
Stevens,  Jr.,  and  Lydia  Jackson  Stevens,  of  Poland,  Me. 
Martin  Van  Buren  Stevens  was  born  in  Poland,  Me.,  on 
August  27,  1832.      A  few  years  after  their  marriage  they 
removed   to   Portland,   Me.,   where   Mr.   Stevens   was   en- 
gaged for  a  time  with  his  brother-in-law,  Jesse  S.  Felt,  in 
the  jeweler's  business.       Mr.   Stevens   had  early  learned 
the   carpenter  trade   which   he   pursued   after   leaving  th 
jeweler's  business.       In  1857  he  removed  to  Auburn,  Me., 
and  in   1861,  to  Gorham,  N.  H.,  and  obtained  a  situation 
as   roadmaster's   assistant  on  the   Grand   Trunk   railroad, 
remaining  in   the   employ   of  the   corporation   until    1875, 
when  he  removed  to  Lynn,  Mass.       They  had  : 

1.  Velma  Elizabeth   Stevens,  who   was   born  in   Auburn, 

Me.,  on  November  i,  1858.  She  married  Charles 
Rufus  Dunham  in  Gorham,  Ale.,  on  Novem- 
ber 2,  1878.  He  was  the  son  of  Rufus  King  Dun- 
ham and  Abbie  B.  Estes  Dunham,  of  liryant's  Pond. 
Me.  He  was  born  in  Bryant's  I 'OIK!.  Me.,  on  Decem- 
ber 13,  1857  and  was  a  telegraph  operator  there. 

2.  Frank  Dana  Sweetser  Stevens,  who  was  born  in  Au- 
burn, Me.,  on  May  30,  1860,       He  married  in  Lynn* 
Mass.,  on  December  17,  1885,  Georgia  Elfrida  Stone 
who  was  the   daughter  of  Isaiah  H.     Stone  and  Katli- 
erine  Stone.       She  was  born  in  Lynn,  Mass.,  on  April 
8,    1860.    Mr.   Stone  graduated   from   P>owdoin   JNledi- 

ical  College  in  1881  and  engaged  in  the  practice  of 
medicine  and  surgery  in  Lynn.  Mass. 


'34  THE    STKVKXS    GKNHAl.OdY 


SECTK  )X     XV. 

PHINEAS  STEVENS,  of  Suffield,  Conn. 

PHIXFAS  STFVFXS.  of  Suffield.  Conn.,  married  .Mercy  Root. 
\\ho  \\as  the  daughter  of  John  Root  and  Ann  Loomis.  horn  May  n, 
174*;.  They  had  : 

I.     Justice  Stevens,  who  married  Mi»   Phelp>. 
IT.      Mercy   Stevens,  who  was  horn   < .11    February  26.    1785,  mar- 
ried Israel  1 'helps  on  May  28.  1806.       They  had: 

1.  Mercy    Maria     1 'helps,    who    was    1x»rn    on    August    7 

iS(>7  and  who  died  on  July  23.    1843. 

2.  Kirily    1 'helps,   who    was  lw>rn   on    June    I,    1809   mar- 
ried  Josiah  Rockwood  on  April  7.  1830.       She  died  on 
I  )ecember  24,   1849. 

3.  Julia  Ann    I 'helps,   who   was  born   on   April   26.    1814 

married  Josiah  Parson  Kent  in  1843.  at  Southwick. 
M;, 

4.  Sylvanus  Dryden  Phelps.  D.  D.,  who  was  born  on  May 

15.  i SIM.  Ik  graduated  in  1844.  and  married,  on 
August  20.  1847.  Sophia  E.  Linsley.  Tie  was  editor 
<>r~(  "hristian  Secretary  and  the  author  of  several  books. 

5.  Deacon  Judgson    Root    1 'helps,   who  was  born  on  July 

17.  iSiS.  Me  married  in  Suffield,  Conn..  April  3,  1845. 
France^  Levira  Xoble.  who  was  the  daughter  of  Hor- 
ace Xoble.  She  was  born  on  August  24,  1822.  He 
was  a  farmer  and  resided  at  Castle  Creek,  Bro\vn  Co.; 
X.  V.  He  removed  to  Southwick.  Mass.,  and  died  on 
April  TO,  1861,  from  the  effects  of  a  wound  received 
in  a  fall  from  a  barn  which  he  was  assisting  to  take 
down. 

6.  Channcy  Phelps.  who  married  Miss  Gillett.  They  had  • 

i.     Willard   Phelps.  who  married   Miss   Nelson. 

ii.     William  B.  Phelps,  who  married  Carolina  Searls 

Arnold. 
iii.     Betsey      Phelps.   who  married     John     Boyle,  of 


LOIS  BARNES  BLOOMER 
Daughter  of  Horace  Barnes. 


STKVKNS   FAMILIES  OF   NEW    ENGLAND  137 

Southwick,  Mass, 
iv.     Emily  Phelps,  who  married  John  Boyle. 

III.  Sarah   Stevens,   who   died  on   November   24,    1859.       She 

married  Talcot  Alderman. 

IV.  Phineas  Stevens,  who  married  Alexandria  French. 

V.  Verana  Stevens,  who  married  Mr.  Phelps.       They  had: 

1.  Edwin  Phelps,  who  married  Miss  Calton. 

2.  Abigail  Phelps,  who  married  Mr.  Griffin. 

3.  Mary  Phelps,  who  married  Mr.  Griffin. 

4.  Eliza  Phelps,  who  married  Mr.  Sheldon. 


SECTION    XVI. 

MISCELLANEOUS  STEVENS  FAMILIES,  of  Taunton,  Mass. 

RICHARD  STEVENS,  of  Taunton,  Mass.,  mentioned  in  1689  as 
one  of  the  inhabitants  to  whom  William  Bradford  made  confirmation, 
had : 

I.  Richard  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  February  23,  1670. 

II.  Mary  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  July  8,  1672. 

III.  Thomas  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  February  3,   16/5,  and 

who  married,  on   September  28,   1699,   Mary  Castwell,  of 
Taunton,  Mass. 

IV.  Thomasin  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  July  3,  1677. 

V.  Nathaniel  Stevens,  \\ho  was  born  on  July,  30.  1680. 


KATHERINE  STEVENS,  we  learn  from  the  Deane  family  rec- 
ord, was  married  on  January  5,  1669  to  Thomas  Deane.  They  settled  at 
Taunton.  His  will  was  proved  July  15,  1697.  Her  will  was  proved  June 
J2,  1726-7.  A  book  which  belonged  to  Katherine  Stevens  is  now 
in  possession  of  one  of  her  descendants. 


RICHARD  STEVENS  had : 

1.     Richard  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  March  20,  1667-8. 


THE   STEVENS   GENEALOGY 


II.  Nicholas  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  February  23,  1669. 

III.  Mary  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  June  8,  1672. 

IV.  Thomas  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  July  30,  1680. 


TAMSKX  STEVENS,  of  Taunton.  married  Edward  Wilcox  of 
Westerly,  on  May  5.  1698.  He  died  intestate  on  November  5.  1715. 
They  had : 

I.  Sarah  Wilcox,  who  was  born  on  May  30,   1700. 

II.  Thoma-  \\  ilc<>\,  who  was  born  on  February  18,  1703. 

III.  Hezekiah  Wilcox,  who  was  born  on  April  I,  1704. 
TV.     Elizabeth  Wilcox,  who  was  born  on  October  18,  1706. 

V.  Annie  Wilcox.  who  was  born  on  October  18,  1709. 

VI.  Susannah  Wilcox.  who  was  born  on  April  4,   1712. 


SECTION     XVII. 

LYMAN  STEVENS,  of  Essex  county,  Mass. 

LVM  AN  STEVENS,  married  and  had  nine  sons  and  three  d.v 
•nly  >ix  of  whom  are  named,  as  follows: 

I.  John  Steven.- 

II.  Reuben  Stevens. 

III.  Ilyrum  Smith  Stevens 

IV.  Edmund   Jonathan    Stevens.  He    had    eight    ^"n>    and   thre: 

daughters. 

V.  Joseph  Smith  Steven > 

VI.  Amos  Henry   Stevens.       He  was  one  of  the  life  guard  of 

'  ieiieral  George  Washington,  in  1776.  The  nine  brothers 
on  a  special  occasion,  upon  invitation,  took  dinner  with  the 
<  ieiieral.  who  remarked  at  the  vitality  of  the  family. 
The  nine  brothers  served  during  the  Revolutionary  War. 
Amos  Henry  Stevens  was  a  farmer  at  Fitchville,  Huron 
Co.,  (  )hi<>.  He  was  an  officer  in  the  war  of  1812.  He 
had: 


AMELIA  STEVENS  HOWELL 


STEVENS  FAMILIES   OF   NEW    ENGLAND  14! 

Jonathan  Stevens,  who  had  four  wives,  nine  sons  and 
three  daughters.  He  married,  first,  Olive  Hiett,  who 
was  the  mother  of  all  of  his  children.  Those  named 
in  the  record  are  as  follows : 

i.  Matilda  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  March  24, 
1794  at  Stanford,  Conn.,  and  who  died  on  Feb- 
ruary 24,  1879.  She  married  in  1812,  Zebulon 
Brundage,  who  was  born  in  1782.  He  died  on 
April  n,  1854.  They  resided  at  New  London. 
He  was  a  cooper  and  served  in  the  war  of  1812. 
They  had : 

(1)  William   Brundage,  who  was  born  in   1813, 
married  Jane  Hull,  in   1875.       Their  child- 
ren were: 

a.  May  Brundage,  who  was  born  in   1876 

b.  Ray  Brundage,  who  was  born  in  1877. 

(2)  Lucinda  Brundage,  who  was  born  in  1815 
married   Joseph  Turliger  and   they  had  one 
child,  a  girl. 

(3)  Eliza  Brundage,  who  was  born  in  1818,  mar- 
ried Elias  Conley.       She  died  in  1868.  They 
had  three  girls  and  one  boy. 

(4)  Zebulon  Brundage,  who  was  born  in  1820, 
married,  first,  in  1844,  Sarah  Hendry.       She 
died   in    1877.    They  had  five  boys  and  one 
girl.          He  married,  second,  Clara  Stevens, 
but  they  had  no  children.      He  was  a  cooper. 
His   first  son,   Lafayette   L.   Brundage,   was 
born  in   1845.       He     married,     first,     Lena 
Stevens,   who   was   the   daughter   of   Robert 
Stevens,  who  was  the  son  of  Amos  Stevens. 
He  married,  second,  Lovey  Clements.       By 
his  first  wife  he  had : 

a.     Franklin  Tra  Stevens  Brundage,  who  was 
born  in  1872. 


'42  THE  STEVENS   GENEALOGY 

By  his  second  wife,  Lovey  Clements,  he 
had: 

b.  Edward  J.   Brundage.   who  was  born  in 

1880. 

c.  Maude  Brundage.  who  was  born  in  1886. 

5  i  Julia  Brundage.  who  was  born  in  1822  and 
who  died  in  1857,  married  Rial  Moon.  They 
had  five  boys  and  two  girl>. 

(6)  Lorin    Urundage.    who    wa>    born    in      v_ 
and  who  died  in  1870,  married  John  McC»nl. 
They  had  two  girls  and  two  hovs. 

(7)  Olive  Ann  Brundage,  who  wa>  born  in  1^2 
married  Solomon     Turliger     and     they     had 
three  girls  and  three  boys. 

ii.  I'zzial  Stevens,  who  was  born  about  1700.  mar- 
ried Sophia  Colman.  They  had  no  children.  He 
joined  the  Church  of  Jesus  Christ  of  Latter-da.' 
Saint>.  in  Kirtland.  <  >hio.  and  died  on  the  r«  -ad 
going  to  Missouri. 

iii.  Julia  Stevens,  who  married  Benjamin  Hill  in 
iS_>5  and  who  died  in  1X7';.  They  had: 

i  I  )      Alvin  Hill,  who  resided  in   I-'airficld.  Huron 

Co.,  (  >hio. 

Alfred  Hill,  who  went  t«>  sea. 
Julia   Stevens  also  had  two  children   who  died  in 

infancy. 

iv.      Lorain   Stevens,  who  married  a   Latter-day   Saint 

Elder. 
v.      (  )live  Ann  Stevens,  who  married  in    1855,  Charles 

Day.        They   re>ided   in    Clarksfield.    Huron   Co, 

(  )hio.       They  had  : 

i  i  )      Luella   1  )ay 

•  2  )      John  Day 

•  3  )      Julia  Day  and 

(1      A  child  who  died  in  infanc. 


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STEVENS   FAMILIES  OF   NEW    ENGLAND  145 

vi.     Josiah  Stevens,  who  died  in  infancy. 

vii.  Lyman  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  February  7, 
1812,  in  Tompkins  Co.,  N.  Y.  He  married  on 
January  21,  1836,  at  Kirtland,  Ohio,  Martha 
Durfee.  He  resided  in  Madison  Co.,  N.  Y.  He 
was  also  a  resident  of  Perron,  Emery  Co.,  Utah, 
and  died  in  Washington  county,  Utah,  on  April 
18,  1886.  Following  is  his  obituary  notice  in  the 
Deseret  News :  "Father  Lyman  Stevens,  one  of 
the  earliest  members  of  the  Church  passed  from 
this  life  on  the  i8th  of  April  1886.  He  was  the 
son  of  Jonathan  ond  Olive  Stevens  and  was 
born  in  Danby,  Tompkins  Co.,  New  York., 
on  February  7,  1812.  He  embraced  the  Gos- 
pel during  the  second  year  of  the  Church's  exis- 
tence, being  baptized  on  Ma>  27,  1831.  He  was 
ordained  an  Elder  on  May,  9,  1836,  and  his  certif- 
icate to  that  effect  is  still  in  existence  bearing 
the  signature  of  Joseph  Smith,  Jr.,  and  F.  G.  Wil- 
liams. Another  certificate  in  the  possession  of 
the  family  shows  that  he  was  ordained  a  High 
Priest  on  May  n,  1843.  He  shared  in  the  per- 
secutions of  the  saints  from  the  time  that  he  be- 
came connected  with  the  Church,  and  after  being 
driven  out  from  Illinois  served  as  a  member  of 
the  Mdnr.on  Battalion.  For  some  time  he  lived 
in  Shonesburg, .  Kane  Co.,  where  his  wife  died  in 
1874.  He  was  the  father  of  nine  sons  and  one 
daughter  and  had  sixty-one  grandchildren  and 
three  great  grandchildren,  the  number  of  his  pos- 
terity living  being  sixty-four.  He  was  faithful 
unto  the  end  and  like  a  shock  of  grain  fully  ripe 
was  gathered  into  the  garner  of  the  Lord."  His 
son, 

(i)  Hyrum  Smith  Stevens,  who  was  born  on 
December  12,  1840,  at  Nauvoo,  Hancock 
Co.,  111.,  married  on  August  24,  1862,  at 
Shonesburg,  Kane  Co.,  Utah,  Deborah  Lem- 
on. She  was  born  on  April  2,  1845,  at  Nau- 
voo. Hancock  Co..  111.  She  was  the  daugh- 


TII  K  ST  i-:v  i-: x  s  G i-: x  i-:.\ LOGY 


lev  of  Jair.es  Lemun  and  Maria  Louisa  Pat- 
ten. They  resided  at  Xorthup.  Washing- 
ton Co..  I'tali.  She  died  » >n  February  18, 
1877,  at  Parade  >ona.  Iron  Co.,  t'tah.  They 
had  : 

a.  Hyrnm  William  Stevens,  who  was  born 

on  February  25.  iS<>4.  in  I 'tali.  He 
married  Olive  Fliza  Strong  and  resided 
in  Ferron.  Fmery  Co.,  I'tah.  in  1886. 

b.  Maria  Louisa  Stevens,  who  was  born  on 
(  ^ctober   10,   1865.  at   C'annel.   Kane  Co.. 
I'tah.        She   married    l;rederick    Walter 
Cox. 

c.  Martha    Fen  ma    Stevens,    who   was   born 

on  November  5.  1X07.  at  Rockville. 
\\  ashinijtMn  Co.,  I'tah.  She  married 
Thoir.as  \\".  Marker. 

d.  James  Lyman  Stevens,  who  was  born  on 

December  _";.    i^><).   at    Para^oona.    Iron 
.    I'tah.        He   died   on    February   24. 
1 870. 

e.  Fliza      Abit      Stevens,   who   was  born   011 

January  S.  1871  and  who  died  on  April 
14.  1873.  at  Parai;«>i>n:i.  I'tali. 

f.  Charles  Heher  Stevens,  who  was  born  0:1 

September  ^4.  1875.  at  Paras^oona.  L'tab 

L;.      IV>llv   X'ilate   Stevens,   who  was  born   «»-i 

January  22,    1870.  at    Paragoona,    I'tah 


viii.     Alton!  Stevens 
ix.      John   Stevens. 


SIMON  STEVENS 
Shelburne  Falls,  Mass. 


THE  STEVENS  GENEALOGY. 


PART     III. 
Miscellaneous  Stevens  Families. 


SECTION  I. 
JOSEPH  STEVENS,  of  Painted  Post,  Steuben  county,  N.  Y. 

The  following  information  is  furnished  by  Mr.  F.  J.  Stevens  and 
Mr.  Arthur  Stevens,  of  Detroit,  Mich. 

JOSEPH  STEVENS,  who  married  Naomi,  had  children  as  fol- 
lows: 

I.  Joseph  Stevens,  Jr.,  who  was  born  in  December  1771.  He 
removed  to  Painted  Post,  Steuben  Co.,  New  York  and  mar- 
ried on  February  10,  1/95,  Abigail  Knowlton  of  Sanger- 
field.  He  was  an  artist  and  died  on  December  I,  1843 
at  Painted  Post,  on  the  old  homestead  and  was  buried  there 
She  was  born  on  June  22,  1777,  at  Ipswich,  N.  H.,  and  mar 
ried  at  Utica,  N.  Y.,  in  the  first  and  only  house  that  stood 
there  at  that  time.  On  her  eighty-fifth  birthday  on  Juno 
22,  1862  at  the  home  of  her  son  Ralph  M.  Stevens,  at  Ply- 
mouth, Mich.,  there  were  present  ten  of  her  children,  forty- 
seven  grandchildren  and  forty-five  great  grandchildren. 
She  had  twelve  children.  One  died  before  he  arrived  at: 
manhood.  She  died  on  December  19,  1864.  There  were 
nine  boys  and  two  girls  that  married,  as  follows : 

I.  Jared  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  September  10,  1795 
and  who  married,  first,  on  September  28,  1819,  Hannah 
Haight.  He  married,  second.  Charlotte  Bush,  on 
March  n,  1882,  and  died  on  February  4,  1887.  He 
was  a  farmer.  He  had  by  his  first  wife : 

i.     Perrv  Stevens, 


Tin:  STEVENS  GENEALOGY 

ii.  Amos  Stevens 

iii.  Orin   Stevens 

iv.  Louisa  Stevens 

v.  Augustus  Stevens,  who  was  killed  in  the  Civil  war 

Jared  Stevens,  had  by  his  second  wife: 

vi.     Frederick  Stevens,  who  died  in  childhood, 

vii.      Hannah  Stevens. 

viii.      Harriet  Stevens. 

ix.      Jared   Steven.-. 

x.      Xewell  Stevens,  who  was  in  the  army. 

2.  Permelia    Stevens,    who    was   1x>rn   on    Mav    TO.    1707. 
She  married  Aden  I.   Pratt  on  January  4.   iSio.       She 

*  died  «.n  August  27.   1844.       He  was  a  farmer. 

3.  Xada-sa  Stevens,  who  was  horn  on  June  T.  1/1)9.  mar- 
ried on   November  23.   iSjo.  Daniel  Morton.       He  was 
a  farmer  and  died  on   April  24,   i8nX        She  died  on 
August  14,  iSjj.       They  had: 

i.      Charles   Stevens,   and   others. 

4.  Amos  Steven>.  who  was  born  on  Mav  31.  iSoi  died  on 
Jan  7  and  was  buried  at  Ipsilante.       Me  was  a 
farmer.   Me  married  Mary  !',<>ldman.  on  Oct.   14.   iS->5. 
and  they  had  : 

i.      Mary   Steven > 

ii.      Philander  Steven-. 

5.  Jona-  Steven.-,  who  was  born  on  March  13,  1803.  niar 
ried  on  September  _>S.   1X26.   I'.etsy   Miller  and  resided 
at  Campbell,  X.  V.       He-was  living  in  1886. 

6.  P.enjamin   Stevens,  who  was  born   May  12,   1805.  mar- 

ried Hliza  White,  on  February  9,  1826. 

7.  Joseph  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  Aug.  20,  1809,  married 

"ii   February  2.   1^34.  Frances  E.  Bush.       He  died  on 
September  4,  1877.       They  had: 

i.      Abigail  Steven-. 


MARY    E.    STEVENS 
\VitV  of  Simon  Stevens. 


MISCELLANEOUS      STEVENS       FAMILIES  153 

ii.     Cornelia  Stevens, 
iii.     Mary  Stevens, 
iv.     Melissa  Stevens. 

8.  Ralph  M.  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  December  24,  1811, 

married,  on  January  19,  1834,  Jane  Miller  and  they  re- 
sided at  Evart,  Mich.  He  was  living  in  1886.  They 
had: 

i.  Joseph  Stevens 
ii.  Mary  Stevens 
iii.  David  Brainard  Stevens,  who  lost  his  life  in  the 

army. 

iv.     M.  Luther  Stevens 
v.     Lizzie  Stevens. 

9.  Marcus  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  February  20,  1814 
and  who  died  at  Detroit,  on  June   19,   1880,  and  was 
buried  there.       He  married,  first,  Catharine  Burnham, 
and,  second,  Mary  Erwin.       He  was  in  the  furniture 
business  many  years  in  Detroit,  Mich.      He  had : 

i.     Kate  Stevens, 
ii.     George  Stevens 
iii.     Nellie  Stevens. 

10.  Almond   Stevens,  who  was  born  on  June   12,   1816, 
married  on  December  10,  1839,  Martha  Gales.       He 

was  a  farmer.       They  had : 

i.  Arthur  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  February  16, 
1841,  married  on  August  15,  1861,  Agnes  Adella 
Sawyer,  who  was  born  on  June  15,  1841.  They 

had : 

(i)      Clarence  Stevens. 

ii.  Orin  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  January  8,  1847. 
married,  on  October  20,  1869,  Minerva  Cook,  who 
was  born  on  November  24,  1846.  They  had: 

(i)     Harry    Clyde    Stevens,    who    was    born    in 
December,  1870. 


154  TIIE   STEVENS   GENEALOGY 

II.  John  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  February  19.  iSn». 
at  Campbell,  X.  V.  He  married,  on  (  )ctober  S.  1X45. 
Mary  I  laker  Covert  and  resided  at  Detroit.  Mich.  Ho 
was  a  cabinet  maker.  The  brothers  were  all  farmers. 
except  John  and  Marcus,  and  all  died  in  1886.  except- 
ing Jonas  and  Ralph.  They  held  no  political  offices 
higher  than  justice  of  the  peace,  with  the  exception  oi 
Amos,  who  was  for  one  year  in  the  Michigan  legisla- 
ture. They  were  all  quiet,  unassuming  men  and  their 
cluty  seemed,  by  their  course  <>f  life  to  be.  in  one  direc- 
tion, that  of  living  only  holy  lives,  though  no  one  of 
Joseph  Stevens'  descendants  have  entered  the  minis- 
try. The  church,  however,  has  been  furnished  with 
many  an  officer  from  their  number. 
John  Stevens  had  children  as  follows: 

i.  Frederick  John  Stevens,  who  was  born  in  July,  1846 
married,  on  September  16,  1868,  Clara  Belle  Sack- 
et,  the  daughter  of  Dennis  Sacket.  who  was  born 
on  April  14,  1848.  She  was  1x>rn  in  Red  ford. 
Mich.,  and  resided  in  Detroit.  He  was  a  book 
keeper  and  lived  nearly  all  his  life  in  Detroit. 
They  had  : 

(  i  )      Frank    Russell    Stevens,    who    was   born   on 
February   15.   1870. 

(2)  (  ieorge    1  laker    Stevens,    who   was    born    on 
January  27,   187^. 

(3)  Alan  Hall   Stevens,  who  was  b<>rn  on    No- 
vember M.    IS 

14)      Clara  M.  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  Decem- 

ber  19,    [878 

;        Frederick  John  Stevens,  Jr..  who  was  born 
on  October  4,  1880. 

ii.  Fdwin  Holland  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  Decem- 
ber 12.  1847.  He  was  an  attorney,  and  died  in 
June.  iSS'i.  He  married  and  had  : 


)      Mark  \Yatkin   Stevens. 


HKX.IAMIX    \Y1LLARD    STEVENS 
Shelburne  Falls,  Mass. 


MISCELLANEOUS      STEVENS       FAMILIES  157 

iii.  Mark  Burnham  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  Octo- 
ber 23,  1849.  He  was  a  merchant.  He  mar- 
ried, but  had  no  children. 

iv.  Mary  Emma  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  October 
28,  1853,  married  J.  C.  Macy,  who  was  a  musical 
author  and  editor,  in  Boston,  Mass. 

v.  Ella  Augusta  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  March  28, 
1857,  married  Dr.  E.  A.  Parkinson,  and  resided 
in  Traverse  City,  Mich. 

vi.  William  Snow  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  May 
20,  1860.  He  was  a  student  and  never  married. 

vii.  George  Hutchings  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  Jul/ 
19,  1864.  He  was  a  bank  clerk  and  never  mar- 
ried. 

viii.  Arthur  Edwin  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  De- 
cember 19,  1866.  He  was  a  bank  clerk  and 
never  married. 

II.  John  Stevens 

III.  Rhoda  Stevens,  who  married  Mr.  Mute. 

IV.  Lydia  Stevens,  who  married  Mr.  Selew. 

V.  Elias  Stevens 

VI.  Jesse  Stevens 

VII.  Noah  Stevens 

VIII.  Isaac  Stevens 

IX.  Ann  Stevens 

X.  Sarah  Stevens 
XL     Naomi  Stevens 

XII.     Syri  Stevens,  who  married  Mr.  Cramer. 


SECTION    II. 

WILLIAM  STEVENS,  of  Edisto  Island,  S.   C. 

DR.  WILLIAM  STEVENS,  who  was  born  about  1700,  was  a 
surgeon  in  the  Revolutionary  War.  He  was  imprisoned  in  the 
Tower  of  London  for  several  months.  He  had : 

Dr.  Joseph  L.  Stevens,  who  was  his  eldest  son  and  who  resided  on 


158  THE   STEVENS   GENEALOGY 

Johns  Island.  South   Carolina.       He  had: 

I.  Daniel    Augustu>    Stevens,    who    was    !x>rn   on    December    13. 

1840.  the  youngest  >on  of  his  parent-.        They   died  when 
he  was  so  young  that  he  remembered  very  little  of  them. 
He  resided  on  Kdisto  Island.  S.  C.,  and  was  a  planter.       He 
attended  the   L'niversitv  of  Virginia,  when   the   Civil   War 
broke  out  and  enlisted  for  the  defense  of  his  state.  He  was 
made  a  lieutenant  on  (  )etober  10,  1861.      He  married  Agnes 
Isabel  Yates.  who  was  born  on  January   K>.   1844,  at  Lehu 
listen.  S.  C.       She  was  the  daughter  of  William  Ii.  Yate  • 
and  Jane  Wallace,  of  Columbia.  S.  C'. 
Daniel  Augustus  Stevens  by  his  wife  had: 

1.  Joseph  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  November  i.  1^03,  in 

Columbia.  S.  C. 

2.  Jennie  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  September  30,  1867, 
in  Charleston.  S.  C". 

3.  Agnes    Klizabeth   Stevens,   who   was   born   on    .May   30, 

and  who  died  on  June  4.   iS(xj.  in  S. 

4.  William    Yatcs    Stevens,   who   \\a>   born   <>n    August    l. 

iSji .  at  Johns   Inland. 

5.  Daniel   Augustus  Stevens.  Jr..   who  was  born  on  Jan- 

uary  in.  iSjj.  at  Lehnlisten.  S. 

II.  A  daughter,  who  married  Dr.  W.  S.  Whaley,  of  Athens.  G;i. 


SECTU  >N     III. 
THE  RAWSON-STEVENS  FAMILY,  of  Palmyra,  N.  Y. 

EDWARD   RAWSON,  had  a  son, 

William  Kawson.  who  had  a  son. 

Nathaniel  Kawson.  who  had  a  son. 

Nathaniel   Kawson.  Jr..  who  had  a  son. 

Sila>  Raw-on,  who  married  twice  and  by  his  first  wife  had  eight 
children  and  my  his  second  wife,  fourteen  children.  He  died  at 
i'almvra.  N.  Y.,  at  the  age  of  eighty.  Hi>  daughter. 


IDA    STEVENS    SULLIVAN 
Husband    and    Family. 


MISCELLANEOUS      STEVENS       FAMILIES  l6l 

Anna  Rawson,   was  the   daughter  of  the   second  wife,   Rebecca 
Bellows  Rawson.       She  was  born  on  August  i,  1782.       She  married, 
LEVI  STEVENS,  and  resided,  first  in  Shykersville,  N.  Y.,  and 
afterwards  went  to  Rome,  Michigan.       They  had : 

Anna  Eliza  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  June  20,  1806. 

II.  Caroline  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  June  26,  1808. 

III.  William  C.  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  June  25,  1812. 

IV.  Mabellia  L.  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  July  30,  1815. 

V.  Silas  R.  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  February  15,  1818. 

VI.  Caleb  W.  Stevens,  who  was  also  born  on  February  15,  1818. 

VII.  Marietta  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  December  3,  1821. 

VIII.  Levi  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  April  7,  1823. 


SECTION  IV. 

JOHN  STEVENS,  of  Tiskilwa,  III 

This  record  was  reported  by  Mr.  Bradford  Newcomb  Stevens, 
Tiskilwa,  111. 

JOHN  STEVENS,  who  married  Summit  Newcomb,  resided  at 
Tiskilwa,  111.  They  had  : 

Bradford  Newcomb  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  January  3,  1813, 
at  Koscaweii.  X.  H.  He  married  on  September  24,  1839,  Lydia  Pen- 
ning Alden,  who  was  born  on  October  22,  1819,  at  Lebanon,  N.  H. 
She  was  the  daughter  of  Ziba  Alden  and  Zibel  Allen.  He  died  on 
November  10,  1885.  They  had  children,  as  follows,  all  born  at  Tis- 
kilwa. 111. 

I.  Alden  \V.  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  September  25,  1845.  He 

married  Cornelia  Amelia  C.  Lyon. 

II.  Charles  M.  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  February  6,  1848.  He 

married  Maria  Rosalia  B.  Stevens. 

III.  Fremont  Stevens,  who  was  born  on   September   n,    1850. 

He  died  on  August  9,  1852,  at  Tiskilwa,  111. 


THE   STEVENS   GENEALOGY 


SECTION    V. 

JOSHUA  C.  STEPHENS,  of  Canisteo,  N.  Y 

JOSHCA  C  STEPHENS,  of  Caiiistcn.  X.  V..  purchased  six 
hundred  acres  of  timber  land,  some  fifty  acres  of  which  he  cleared 
prior  to  his  death.  He  was  a  man  of  little  book  knowledge  but  possessed 
nuich  natural  ability  and  upon  settling  in  the  new  country  was  soon 

•gnized  as  a  worthy  citizen.  \Yhile  Canisteo  belonged  to  Ontario 
Co.  in  1/93-4,  he  represented  his  town  as  supervisor.  In  early  life  "he 
was  a  member  of  the  Congregational  church.  About  1800  he 
became  a  member  of  the  Methodist  church  and,  from  1812  until  his 
death,  he  was  a  local  preacher  of  that  denomination.  He  had  : 

I.  Abigail  Stephens,  who  was  born  about  1771;. 

II.  Silas  Stephens,  who  was  born  about  1781. 

III.  Nathan   Stephens,   who  was  born  on  December  S.    17.^3.  in 

Xew  York.  \\  hen  he  was  seven  vears  old  the  family 
removed  to  Canisteo  and  he  was  brought  up  to  know  all 
the  hardships  of  the  pioneer.  Fie  married  on  May  14. 
1804.  Rachel  (iilbert,  of  Addison.  She  was  the  daughter 
of  Elisha  ( iilbert.  who  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  tha: 
town.  She  died  on  February  7.  1850  and  he  died  on  April 
3.  1862.  He  resided  about  eight  years  in  Canisteo  0:1 
what  was  known  as  the  (iilbert  estate  which  was  later 
owned  by  Col.  Henry  Baldwin.  The  remainder  of  his  lit"-.- 
was  spent  on  the  old  homestead  in  Canisteo  where  he  erect- 
ed commodious  buildings  and  made  many  other  improve- 
ments air.ong  which  was  the  Methodist  Tavern  that  he  ha  1 
-ted  his  father  in  building.  He  was  a  staunch  member 
of  the  Democratic  party  and  cast  his  first  vote  for  President 
Thomas  Jefferson. 

He  was  elected  to  fill  many  offices  in  his  town.  He 
wa<  town  clerk  for  several  terms  and  also  school  com- 
missioner and  in  the  interest  of  education,  was  a  strong 
and  able  advocate  and  did  much  to  aid  its  progress.  Al- 
though a  farmer  he  was  very  fond  of  hunting  and  trapping 


ROLLIN  B.  TROUSLOT 

Son  of  Amelia  Stevens 


MISCELLANEOUS      STEVENS       FAMILIES  165 

and  it  was  estimated  that  for  thirty,  years  of  his  life  he 
averaged  killing  one  hundred  deer  annually.       They  had: 

1.  E]is  a  G.  St.  phens,  who  raided  in  St:_  ben  Co. 

2.  Jedediah  H.  M.  Stephens,  who  resided  in  Alleghany  Co. 

3.  Ebenezer  C.  Stephens,  who  resided  in  Alleghany  Co. 

4.  Franklin  D.  Stephens,  who  resided  in  Steuben  Co. 

5.  Joshua  C.  Stephens,  who  was  born  on  May  30,   1816 
and  who  resided  in  Canisteo,  Steuben  Co.,  N.  Y.      He 
married  on  August  3,  1845,  Hannah  Howard,  who  was 
born  on  September  30,  1823  at  Enfield,  Co  nn.       Her 
parents  removed     from  Enfield     about      1825.       He 
received  a  fair  education,  and  was  a  teacher  for  sev- 
eral terms.        He   resided  on   the   old  homestead  his 
whole  life,  employing  himself  at  farming  and  hunting 
was  closely  allied  to  the  best  interests  of  the  town  and 
ever  took  part  in  all  local  improvements.       The  educa- 
tion of  the  young  was  his  special  care. 

He  was  educated  in  the  Democratic  party  of 
which  his  grandfather  was  an  unswerving  advocate, 
He  was  for  many  years  school  inspector  of  the  town 
and  subsequently,  in  1850,  he  was  superintendent  of 
schools.  He  was  town  clerk  and  supervisor  for 
several  terms.  .  In  1842  he  became  a  member  of  the 
Morning  Star  Lodge,  No.  65  in  Canisteo  of  which  his 
father  and  grandfather  were  the  founders.  In  1854, 
he  was  appointed  Eminent  Commander  of  the  Ed- 
ward's Commandery  of  Harnettville,  now  called  De 
Molar  Commandery  No.  22,  which  position  he  held 
for  two  years.  His  connection  with  Masonry  was 
continuous  after  he  first  became  a  member,  having 
been  called  during  that  time  to  fill  various  official 
positions  in  the  several  bodies.  His  pride  was  that, 
"For  ninety-six  years  not  one  by  the  name  of  Stephens 
has  been  punished  for  crime  in  this  county."  He  had: 

i.  Iru  G.  Stephens 

ii.  James  A.  Stephens 

iii.  Harris  M.  Stephens 

iv.  Nathaniel  Stephens 


1 66  THE   STEVENS   GENEALOGY 

v.     A  daughter,  who  married  James  H.   Stewart,  of 

Howard. 

vi.     Kmma  H.  Stephens 
vii.      Mary   M.   Stephens. 

IV.  Sylvina  Stephens 

V.  Cynthia  Stephens 

VI.  (  )live    Stephens,   who   was   born   on    November    10,    1790  in 

Canisteo.       She  was  the  first  white  child  born  in  Steuben 
Co..  X.  V. 

VII.  Joshua  Stephens 
VI  [I.     Hila  Stephens 
IX.     Pamelia  Stephens. 


SECTION'    VI. 

EBENEZER  STEVENS,  of  Kingston.  N.  Y. 

KMEXK/KR  STEVENS,  of  Kingston.  X.  V.,  married  Johannah 
Roberts,  the  daughter  of  Zaehariah  Roberts,  on  November  8,  1/04. 
They  had : 

I.  Mary  Stevens,  who  was  h<>rn  on  October  5,  1/05. 

II.  Jernsha   Stevens,  who  was  1)«>ni   < >n    April  4,   1707  and  who 

died  on  May  4,  l/O/". 

III.  r.ennnah  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  July  8.  1/08. 

IV.  Kbenezer  Steven-,  who  was  born  on  April  15,  1710. 


SECTION    VII. 

JOSHUA  STEVENS,  of  South  Carolina. 

J<  )SIH"A  STEVEN'S  was  born  about  1/50,  in  England,  whence 
he  removed  to  S.  C.  He  married  Elizabeth  Dyer,  who  died  about  1815 
They  had  : 

T.     Elisha  Stevens,  who  was  born  about  1773. 

II.  John  Stevens,  who  was  born  about  1775. 

III.  Isaiah   Stevens,  who  wa>  horn  about   1777. 


MISCELLANEOUS      STEVENS        FAMILIES  J  f )"/ 

IV.  Joshua  Stevens,  who  was  born  about  1779. 

V.  Hezekiah  Stevens,  who  was  born  about   1781.       These  five 

sons  were  all  ministers  and  extensive  farmers. 

VI.  Absalom  .Stevens,  who  was  born  about   1783.       He  was  ;i 

Baptist  minister  at  Bade,  Banks  Co.,  Ga.,  in  1860,  where 
he  died  on  October  10,  1861.  He  married,  first,  Rebecca 
Pool,  who  was  the  sixth  daughter  of  her  parents.  She 
was  born  in  Greenville  Co.,  S.  C,  and  died  in  May,  1833, 
at  Dade,  where  her  brothers  and  sisters  resided.  He 
married,  second,  Polly  Nickels,  but  had  no  children  by  her. 
By  his  first  wife,  Rebecca  Pool,  he  had  twelve  children,  as 
follows : 

1.  Hyrum  Stevens 

2.  William  Stevens 

3.  Catharine  Stevens 

4.  Rebecca  Ann  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  June  5,  1810, 
in  South  Carolina.       Her  parents,  at  the  time  of  hei 
marriage,  resided  in  Hebersham  Co.,  Ga.       She  mar- 
ried on  April    13,    1845,  William   Campbell,  who  was 
born  in  Amherst  Co.,  Va.,  on  March  26,  1808.       They 
resided   at  Cave,   White  Co.,  in   1887  and  afterwards 
removed  to  Doyle,  Tenn.       He  served  two  years  in 
the   Confederate  army  and  was  in  the  first  battle  at 
Hull    Run,   Va.        lie  was  also  in  the  siege  at  Vicks- 
burg.  Miss.       He  was  the  son  of  George  Washington 
Campbell  and  Lucy  Ann  Hudson,  of  Va.       His  father 
died   when   William   was   small ;  and  his  mother  mar- 
ried, second,  Martin  Taylor,  who  with  his  wife  moved 
to  Polk  Co.,  Ten  11..  on  October  27,   1845,  where  they 
lived   for   eighteen   years.          They   then   removed   to 
Simpson's    Mill,   Doyle,   White   Co.,   Tenn.        William 
Campbell  and   Rebecca  Ann   Stevens  had  children,  as 
follows  : 

i.  Henry  Houston  Harrison  Compbell,  who  was  born 
on  February  27,  1846  at  Benton,  Polk  Co.,  Tenn. 
\o  record  of  his  marriage  could  be  found.  In 
the  year  1876  he  left  for  the  West  and  was  never 
heard  from  again. 

ii.     George  Washington  Campbell,   who  was  born  on 


THE   STEVENS   GENEALOGY 


January  2.  1848,  at  Benton,  Polk  Co.,  Term.  He 
married  on  July  24,  1872,  Mollie  Jane  Brown, 
who  was  born  on  .May  i,  1856  in  White  Co.  She 
was  the  daughter  of  Elizabeth  Brown  who  died 
in  1867.  Mollie  Jane  Brown,  died 

on  March  4,  1885,  at  Simpson's  Mill.  She  wa< 
buried  at  Bethlehem.  \Yhite  Co.,  Tenn.  He 
moved  from  Benton  to  Charleston,  then  to  Cave, 
\Yhite  Co.,  Tenn.,  and  thence  to  Simpson's  Mill. 
He  encountered  during  his  life  many  hardships 
and  privations.  He  was  of  humble  parentage 
and  limited  education,  a  member  of  the  Christia  i 
church,  a  farmer  and  a  carpenter.  His  children 
were  : 

(  i  )  Lilly  Corillia  Campbell,  who  was  born  on 
(  )ctober  20,  1873,  at  Simpson's  Mill. 

i  2  )  Loutishia  Corremia  Campbell,  who  was  born 
on  May  7,  187^,  at  McMinnvill.  \Yarren  Co., 
Tenn. 

i  3  i  Minnie  Corrissia  Campbell,  who  was  born  on 
March  14.  187^.  at  Simpson's  Mill,  White 
Co.,  Tenn. 

•  4  i  Charles  Henrv  Campbell,  who  was  born  on 
December  6,  1881,  in  \Yhite  Co. 

(5)  Annie  May  Campbell,  who  was  born  on  Ma . 
1 6,  1884,  and  who  died  on  October  3,  1884. 
at  Simpson's  Mill.  She  was  buried  at  Beth- 
lehem, \Yhite  Co.,  Tenn. 

iii.  Rufus  Adolphus  Campbell,  who  was  born  on  Aug- 
ust 4,  1849,  at  Benton,  Polk  Co.,  Tenn.  He  went 
west  and  was  never  heard  of  again. 

iv.  Lucy  Ann  Amanda  Campbell,  who  was  born  on 
September  13,  1851  in  Polk  Co.,  Tenn.  She 
married  on  June  27,  1872.  Christy  Rose.  They 
had: 

\Yilliam  Richard  Rose,  who  was  born  May 
i.  1873. 


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(2)  Ella  Caldata  Rose,  who  was  born  on  June 
i,  1874- 

(3)  Allie  Vida  Rose,  who  was  born  on  July  25, 
1875,  an(l  wno  died  on  July  18,  1880. 

(4)  Mamie  Delia  Rose,  who  was  born  on  July 
1 6,  1877. 

(5)  Harvey  Rose,  who  was  born  on  November 
12,  1878. 

(6)  Rufus  Ira  Rose  who  was  born  on  June  9, 
1880. 

(7)  Annie  C.  Rose,  who  was  born  on  October 
24,  1881. 

(8)  Eliza  Arminda  Rose,  who  was  born  on  Sep- 
tember 1 8,  1883  and  who  died  on  October  5 
1883. 

(9)  Henry  R.  Rose,  who  was  born  on  October 
5,  1884  and  who  died  on  April  12,  1891. 

(10)  Etter  May  Rose,  who  was  born  on  April 
9,  1886  and  who  died  on  March  18,  1889. 

(n)      Samuel   Christy   Rose,  who   was  born   on 

October  31,  1887. 
(12)     James  Charles  McLee  Rose,  who  was  born 

on  March  8,  1893  and  who  died  on  December 

19,  1894. 

Christy  Rose  lived  near  Doyle  Station,  White  Co., 
Tenn.  He  was  the  son  of  Richard  Rose  and 
Louisa  Harris. 

5.     Matilda  Stevens,  who  married  John  S.  Denton  in  1852. 
They  had : 

i.  Samuel  C.  Denton,  who  was  born  on  February  22 
1854.  He  was  a  graduate  of  a  medical  col- 
lege and  resided  in  Buffalo  Valley,  Putnam  Co., 
Tenn. 

ii.  Mary  Ann  Denton,  who  was  born  on  March  18, 
1856,  and  who  married  L.  A.  Lewis  on  December 
17,  1875.  He  died  on  March  10,  1891  and  was 
the  eldest  son  of  James  Lewis,  of  Va.  They  had  : 


I?°  THE    STEVENS    GENEALOGY 

(1)  Edward  Lee  Lewis,  who  wa-  burn  on  July 
24,  1877  and  who  died  on  the  same  dav. 

(2)  Samuel  Ernest  Lewis,  who     was    born     on 
October  2,  1879. 

(3)  John   P.yron  Lewis,  who  was  born  on  Aug. 
2,  1881. 

(4)  Howard  Lafayette  Lewis,  who  was  born  on 
June  1 6,  1884. 

(5)  Minnie    Pearl   Lewis,   who   was     born     on 
March  14,  1887. 

(6)  Iva  May  Lewis,  who  was  born  on   Xovem 
her  6,   1890. 

(7)  Lucillus  Anderson  Lewis,  who  was  born  oil 
November  6,  1891. 

6.  Perry  Stevens 

7.  Dyre  Ste\ens.       These  two  sons  were  twins. 

8.  Morris  Stevens 
().  Polly  Steven- 
IO.  Irvine  Steven- 

i  i.      \Yeathers  Stevens 

12.      Absalom   Stcvuis.        The  last  three  named  suii>  were 
living  in   18$ 

\'II.     Joseph  Stevens,  who  was  burn  alxmt  17 
\"1IT.     Klisha  Steven-,  who  \\as  burn  about   r 

IX.  Xancy  Stevens,  \vliu  wa-  burn  about  1/89. 

X.  Stacey  Stevens,  who  was  born  about  i~oi. 

XI.  Dicy  Stevens,  \\lio  wa>  born  about  1793. 

XII.  I'et-ey  Steven.-,  who  was  born  about  1795. 


:CTION  VIIL 

THE  PHILBRICK'STEVENS  FAMILY,  of  Kingston,   N.  Y. 

JKDKDIAH  PHILP.RICK.  who  wa-  the  son  of  Th..mas.  who  was 
ilie  -un  uf  James,  who  was  the  -on  of  Thomas,  of  Kingston,  was  born  in 
1700  and  died  about  1754.  Hi>  wife  was  Mary  Taylor  and  they  had: 


LAURA  BARWISE  TROUSLOT 
Wife  of  Rollin  B.  Trouslot. 


MISCELLANEOUS      STEVENS       FAMILIES  1/3 

Jeremiah  Philbrick,  who  was  born  on  February  2,  1722.  He  mar- 
ried on  September  20,  1744,  Mary  Stevens  and  died  on  March  8,  1754. 
They  had : 

I.  Jedediah  Philbrick,  who  was  born  in  February,  1745. 

II.  John  Philbrick,  who  was  born  in  April,  1747  and  who  died  in 

I751- 

III.  Elizabeth  Philbrick,  who  was  born  on  Dec.  15,  1749. 

She  married  Jonathan  Clough. 

IV.  Mehitable  Philbrick,  who  was  born  on  June  21,   1752  and 

who  married  Joseph  Philbrick. 


SECTION    IX. 

EBENEZER  STEVENS,  of  Rockaway,  N.   Y. 

EBENEZER  STEVENS,  of  Rockaway,  Long  Island,  N.  Y.,  mar- 
ried on  May  4,  1784,  Lucretia  Ledyard  Sands,  the  widow  of  Richardson 
Sands.  She  was  born  at  Hartford  on  February  22,  1756.  He  was  born  on 
August  12,  1751,  and  died  at  Rockaway.  N.  Y.,  on  September  22,  1823. 
He  was  active  in  the  agitation  which  led  to  the  Revolution  and  was 
one  of  the  celebrated  tea  party  of  1773.  In  1775  he  was  commissioned 
n  lieutenant  and  raised  two  companies  of  artillery  and  one  of  engin- 
eers, and  accompanied  them  to  the  siege  of  Quebec.  He  had  command 
of  the  artillery  at  Ticonderoga  and  Stillwater  and  in  port  at  Yorktown. 
He  also  served  with  Lafayette  in  Virginia.  In  1812,  he  took  part  in 
the  defense  of  Xe\v  York.  "In  1811,  there  \vas  a  period  of  great  po- 
litical excitement  portending  difficulty  with  England,  and,  finally,  the 
\var  of  1812.  The  youth  of  New  York  enrolled  themselves  for  nation- 
al defense,  and  the  militia  of  the  city  was  put  under  command  of 
General  Ebenezer  Stevens."  He  had  children  as  follows: 

I.  Horatio  ( iates  Stevens,  who  was  probably  the  son  of  General 
Ebenezer  Stevens  by  a  former  marriage.  His  will  was 
dated  .March  20,  1806  and  proved  April  15,  1806.  He  left 
his  entire  estate  to  his  widow.  Her  will  Was  dated  Sep- 
tember 19,  1806  and  recorded  and  proved  December  10, 
1 8 10.  They  lived  at  Rose  Hill  in  the  city  of  New  York. 
Following  is  an  extract  from  the  will  of  his  widow: 


•74  Till-:  STKVKXS  C.KNKALOGY 

"The  large  medal  which  was  given  by  Congress  to  my  late 
dearly  beloved  husband.  General  Horatio  Gates  Stevens: 
with  injunction  from  me.  to  my  legatees,  never  to  forget 
that  the  medal  I  leave  them  was  a  distinguished  testimonial 
of  important  services  rendered  America  and 
that  he  leaves  the  name  of  one  who  was  a  hero,  a  patriot 
and  a  man  of  unsullied  probity  and  honor." 

II.  Mary  Stevens,  who  also,  seems  to  have  been  the  child  of  a 

former  marriage. 

III.  Samuel  Stevens,  who  was  born  in   Xew  York  on  March  14, 

17X5  and  who  died  there  on  November  25.  1844.  unmarried 

IV.  William  Stevens,  who  was  born  at   Xew  York,  on  May   14. 

1787  and  who  died  at   Poughkeepsie.  in   November,   1867. 

V.  Alexander  Hodgdon  Stevens,  who  was  born  in  Xew  York  on 

September  4,  i/8g  and  who  died  there  on  March  30.  iSoo 
in  his  eightieth  year.  He  graduated  from  the  L'niversity 
of  Pennsylvania  in  the  year  iSii.  Me  was  Pn»fe>sor  of 
Surgery  in  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  in 
Xew  York  in  iSj'i-^j.  and  was  a  Trustee  of  the  same  in- 
stitution from  iSj;  i  1"  iSjn  and  also  its  President,  in  1840- 
44.  He  was  Professor  «»f  Clinical  Surgery inthe  same  college 
from  1844  to  1869.  He  married,  first.  Mary  Jane  liayard. 
daughter  of  John  Murray  P.ayard.  of  Millstone.  X.  J..  and. 
second.  Catherine  Morris,  the  daughter  of  James  Morris. 
of  Morrisania.  He  married,  third.  Phoebe  Coles  Lloyd. 
the  daughter  of  John  Xelson  Lloyd,  of  Lloyd  Xeck.  Long 
Island.  He  had : 

John  Lloyd  Stevens,  who  was  probably  the  ><>n  of  his  third 
wife.  He  was  born  in  Xew  York.  He  graduated  from 
Columbia  College,  studied  law  at  Litchfield  and  was  admit- 
ted to  the  bar  in  Xew  York,  where  he  practiced  for  eight 
years.  In  politics  he  was  an  influential  Democrat.  In 
1834  he  visited  Kurope  and  Lgypt  and  on  his  return  pub- 
lished an  account  of  his  travels.  In  183*;  he  was  sent  to 
Central  America  as  a  special  ambassador;  and.  again,  in 
1842.  he  visited  Yucatan.  His  accounts  of  his  travels  in 
these  countries  contain  much  original  information  in  regard 
to  American  antiquities. 

He   was   a  director  of  the   "<  )cean    Steam    Xavigatio  i 


MISCKI.L.  \\KorS      STEVENS        FAMILIKS  175 

Companies",  being-  the  originator  of  the  first  American  line 
trans-Atlantic  steamships,  and  he  was  President  of  the  Pan- 
ama railroad. 

VI.  Evan  Kerby  Stevens,  who  was  born  in  New  York  on  April 

20,  1/92  and  who  died  at  Astoria,  L.  I.,  in  February  1870. 
He  married  Frances  Galatine  the  daughter  of  Albert  Gala- 
tine,  of  Philadelphia,  Penn.,  and,  later  of  New  York. 

VII.  John  Austin  Stevens,  who  was  born  in  New  York,  on  Jan- 

uary 22,  1795  and  who  died  about  1874.  He  was  edu- 
cated at  Yale  and  later  went  into  business.  He  was  one 
of  the  first  members  of  the  New  York  chamber  of  com- 
merce of  which  he  was  for  many  years  the  secretary. 
He  was  president  of  the  Hank  of  Commerce  from  1839 
to  1866,  and  the  first  president  of  the  Merchants'  Exchange 
which  he  helped  to  establish,  'and.  during  the  .war,  was 
president  of  the  Associated  Banks  of  New  York,  Boston 
and  Philadelphia.  The  loans  made  by  them  to  the 

Tinted  States  government  were  made  under  his  direc- 
tion as  chairman  of  the  treasury  note  committee.  His 
opinion  on  financial  subjects  was  much  sought  for  at  tha 
treasury  department.  Though  a  whig  he  was  in  favor  of 

free  trade. 


SECTION     X. 

ABRAHAM  STEVENS,  of  Cornwall,  England. 

ABRAHAM  STEVENS,  of  Cornwall,  England,  who  was  an  en- 
gineer, married  Eleanor  King.  She  died  in  1831.  He  died  in  Cornwall. 
They  had : 

Jacob  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  June  19,  1809,  at  Phillock  an  ! 
svho  died  in  1878,  at  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah.  He  superintended  the 
construction  of  the  first  locomotive  boiler  built  in  Spain,  in  1850.  He 
married  Kli/.a  Simons,  and  they  had: 

Thomas  Jordan  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  January  24,  1848,  at 
Bristol  Kngland.  He  received  a  common  school  education  in  his 
native  town  and  when  fourteen  years  of  age.  he  was  apprenticed  to 
learn  the  blacksmith  trade.  On  June  3,  1864  in  company  with  his 


1/6  Till-:  STHVKXS  (IKXEALOGY 

father,  mother  and  brother,  W.  H.  Stevens,  he  left  his  native  land 
in  the  sailing  vessel  "Hudson,"  bound  for  Xe\v  York.  The  voyage 
\vas  completed  in  six  weeks  and  four  days.  From  New  York  the 
party  journeyed  to  what  was  then  called  the  frontiers,  in  Nebraska. 
There  preparations  were  made  for  crossing  the  plains  and,  in  August, 
the}'  left,  arriving-  in  Salt  Lake  City.  Utah,  on  November  3,  1864 
with  frozen  feet.  The  following  spring,  he  commenced  work  at  his 
trade  in  Salt  Lake  City,  which  he  followed  a  number  of  years.  In 
1866  he  was  appointed  lieutenant  in  the  Utah  militia.  In  June  1867, 
he  was  called  to  protect  settlers  in  Sanpete  valley  from  Indian  depre- 
dations to  which  they  were  constantly  subjected.  The  Indians  were 
soon  made  friends  by  the  wise  and  careful  manipulations  of  Brigham 
Young,  then  Governor  of  Utah.  Mr.  Stevens  was  relieved,  in  Octo- 
ber 1866,  and  returned  to  his  home. 

He  married,  on  December  27,  1871,  at  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah, 
.Maria  Stringham,  who  was  born  on  February  23,  1853.  She  was  the 
daughter  of  Briant  Stringham  and  Harriet  Maria  Ashby.  In  Time 
1878,  in  connection  with  two  brothers,  he  established  the  firm  of 
Stevens  Bros,  known  as  the  "Ogden  Foundry  and  Machine  Shops." 
One  of  the  creditable  productions  of  this  firm,  is  the  iron  fence 
surrounding  the  County  Court  House  which  weighs  over  eleven  tons. 
He  was  proffered  and  accepted  the  position  of  collector  of  licenses 
and  assistant  recorder  of  Ogden  City,  Utah,  in  which  he  officiated 
until  February  1883.  He  was  then  elected  city  recorder  for  two 
years.  In  August,  1883,  he  was  elected  sheriff  of  \Yeber  count}. 
for  one  year.  In  February  1885.  re  was  again  elected  recorder,  and 
re-elected,  again,  in  1887. 

All  of  the  above  named  positions  he  filled  with  entire  satisfaction 
to  himself  and  to  those  he  served.  He  made  such  a  perfect  record  that 
he  was  called  to  fill  a  position  as  father  and  counselor  to  the  people 
of  the  Fifth  ward  of  Ogden  City.  Utah.  On  May  29.  1887,  he  was 
ordained  a  Bishop  in  the  Church  of  Jesus  Christ  of  Latter-day  Saints 
a  very  trying  position,  to  administer  to  the  wants  of  the  poor,  to  care 
for  the  afflicted,  the  orphans  and  the  widows  and  to  settle  difficulties 
1/y  arbitration  and  to  preside  over  and  attend  to  ordinances  in  their 
respective  wards  in  said  Church.  Thomas  J.  Stevens,  had  children, 
as  follow^ : 

I.  Jacob  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  October  6,  1872  at  Hvanston. 

Wyoming,  and  who  died  there  on  October  6.   1872. 

II.  Briant   Stringham   Steven.-,  who  v^s  born  on    December  24, 


AllSCELLANEOUS      STEVENS       FAMILIES  1/7 

1873,  at  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah.       He  died  in  February  1887, 
at  Ogden,  and  was  buried  there. 

III.  Thomas  Jordan   Stevens,   who  was  born  on  February    19, 

1876,  at  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah.       He  died  in  April   1882, 
and  was  buried  at  Ogden. 

IV.  Maria  Amelia  Stevens,  who  was  born  in  February  1878,  at 

Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 

A'.  Fva  Louisa  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  April  2,  1880,  at 
Ogden,  and  who  died  in  May  1882,  at  Salt  Lake  City, 
Utah,  in  Sugar  House  Ward  and  who  was  buried  at  Ogden, 
Utah. 

VI.  Stanley  Simons  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  March  10,  1882, 

at  Ogden. 

VII.  Stringham  Ashby  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  October  18, 
1884. 

VIII.  Zella   Stringham   Stevens,   who   was  born  on   October  3, 
1886,  at  Ogden,  Utah. 

The  death  of  Thomas  J.  Stevens  occurred  in  1900,  at  Ogden, 
Utah,  and  brought  forth  from  the  Deserct  Xews,  of  Salt  Lake  City, 
die  following  tribute  to  his  memory: 

"After  eight  months  of  a  wastings  illness  and  much  suffering,  Hon. 
Thomas  J.  Stevens.  I'ishop  of  the  Fifth  ward  of  Ogden,  this  morning 
surrendered  the  struggle  for  life,  and  passed  into  the  great  beyond. 
A  complexity  of  troubles  appeared  during  his  sickness,  but  the  imme- 
diate cause  of  his  death,  according  to  his  physician,  Dr.  Rich,  was 
cancer  of  the  liver. 

"IJishop  Stevens  was  one  of  the  best  known  and  most  highly  res- 
pected citizens  of  (  )gden.  He  also  had  many  friends  and  admirers 
in  this  city  and  throughout  the  State.  His  residence  in  the  June- 
lion  city  has  covered  a  long  period  of  time,  and  his  industry  and 
ability  caused  him  to  be  associated  with  the  best  interests  and  develop- 
ment of  the  resources  of  the  community  in  which  he  lived.  In  the 
ordinary  course  of  events  he  might  have  lived  for  years  to  come,  as 
he  was  still  a  young  man,  having  only  passed  the  fifty-second  annual 
mile  stone  in  life's  journey.  .He  had  held  numerous  positions  of 
trust  and  in  all  of  them  acquitted  himself  not  only  with  credit,  but 
usually  with  marked  success.  His  demise  will  be  mourned  by  many 
persons  outside  of  his  own  immediate  family  and  relatives ;  for  Bishop 
Stevens  had  many  friends,  having  easily  drawn  them  to  him  by  his 
kindly,  affable  and  even  tempered  nature. 


J7  Till-:   STEVENS   GENEALOGY 

'Some  months  ago  he  made  a  protracted  visit  to  San  Francisco  and 
Southern  California  cities  accompanied  by  his  wife  in  the  hope  that 
health  would  come  back  to  him.  In  this,  however,  he  was  doomed 
to  serious  disappointment,  as  instead  of  getting  better  he  apparently 
gradually  grew  worse  until  the  end  came.  His  funeral  will  be  held 
from  the  Weber  Stake  tabernacle  on  Sunday  at  2  p.  m.  It  is  expect- 
ed that  a  large  number  of  Salt  Lake  friends  will  go  up  to  Ogden 
to  attend  the  services. 

"Thomas  Jordan  Stevens  was  a  native  of  Bristol,  England.  He 
was  born  January  24th,  1848,  and  was  the  son  of  Jacob  and  Eliza 
Simons  Stevens.  He  embraced  the  faith  of  the  Latter-day  Saints 
when  but  eight  years  of  age  and  emigrated  to  Utah  in  1864,  arriving 
in  Salt  Lake  City,  Nov.  2nd  of  that  year,  in  Captain  Warren  Snow's 
company.  His  father  and  mother,  brother  W.  H.,  and  Sister  Elea- 
iior  Stevens  Neslen,  the  latter  the  first  born  of  the  family,  have  all 
preceded  him  in  death's  flight. 

"Two  years  after  his  arrival  in  Utah,  1866,  he  joined  the  militia, 
organized  for  the  purpose  of  defending  the  people  against  the  pilfer- 
ings  and  aggressions  of  the  Indians,  and  was  sent  to  Sanpete  and  Se- 
xier counties  to  assist  in  quelling  uprisings  in  those  sections  and  to 
protect  the  settlers  from  the  depredations  then  being  made. 

"In  1872  he  was  sent  on  a  mission  to  Arizona  and  remained  there 
something  like  a  year.  He  was  for  a  long  time  one  of  the  coun- 
selors of  Bishop  Edwin  A.  Stratford  of  the  Fourth  ward  of  Ogden, 
and  on  the  organization  of  the  Fifth  ward  of  Ogden,  he  became  its 
liishop  and  held  the  office  continuously  till  the  time  of 
his  death.  He  was  city  recorder  of  Ogden  for  six  years,  three  con- 
e-ecutive  terms,  beginning  in  1885.  For  two  years  prior  to  the  first 
mentioned  date  he  had  been  sheriff  of  Weber  county.  He  was  for 
a  long  time  director  of  the  Weber  Stake  academy.  He  was  also  a 
director  of  the  Utah  Loan  and  Trust  company's  bank  and  cashier 
until  compelled  to  resign  on  account  of  ill  health.  In  politics  he 
was  a  Republican  and  as  such  was  elected  to  the  first  State  Legis- 
lature of  Utah.  He  possessed  a  well  developed  liking  for  military 
life,  the  inclination  dating  as  far  back  as  the  sixties.  This  fact 
together  with  his  well  known  capability,  caused  Governor  West  to 
select  him  as  a  member  of  his  personal  staff.  He  was  made  com- 
missary general  with  the  rank  of  colonel.  So  creditably  did  he  dis- 
charge the  duties  of  his  office  that  Governor  \Yells  on  his  succession 
to  the  executive  chair  re-appointed  him  to  the  position.  His  death 
will  be  a  distinct  loss  to  the  National  Guard  of  Utah." 


ROLLIN  CUNNABELL  TROUSLOT 
Aged    Five    Months    and    Four    Weeks. 


AMSCELLAXEOUS      STEVENS       FAMILIES  l8l 


SECTION    XL 

THE  STEVENS  FAMILY,  of  France. 

THE  STEVENS  FAMILY  of  celebrated  printers  and  publishers 
came  originally  from  Provence,  in  France.  Henry  Stevens  is  found  set- 
tled in  Paris  towards  1520.  He  is  supposed  to  have  been  born 
about  1460  and  he  died  in  1520.  In  Paris,  Henry  Stevens,  carried 
on  the  business  of  printer  and  bookseller  for  upwards  of  twenty  years, 
in  1826,  Robert  Stevens,  second  son  of  Henry,  is  found  in  posses- 
sion of  the  business. 

Robert  Stevens  was  born  in  1503.  Every  year  of  his  business 
life  was  marked  by  the  issue  from  his  printing  press  of  several  vol- 
umes, nianv  of  them  masterpieces  of  art  and  all  of  them  surpassing 
anything  of  the  kind  previously  seen  in  Paris.  He  was  at  once 
printer,  publisher,  commentator  and  author.  Though  prosperous, 
he  showed  unmistakably  that  truth,  or  that  which  to  him  was  truth. 
\vas  of  more  value  in  his  eyes  than  worldly  gain.  Having  secretly 
become  a  convert  to  the  doctrines  of  the  reformation,  he  endeavored 
for  some  time  to  reconcile  his  convictions  with  the  outward  demeanor 
required  by  his  position.  But  the  convictions  were  too  strong  or 
the  nature  of  the  man  too  truth-loving.  His  Bible  of  1545  and 
(ireek  U-stament  of  1549  each  drew  down  upon  him  a  public  prosecu- 
tion; and,  though  the  prosecutions  failed  legally,  they  were  disastrous 
to  his  private  fortune.  Having  sent  his  family  to  ( leneva  he  followed 
them  there  in  1549. 

Robert  Stevens,  Jr.,  his  second  son,  shortly  afterwards  returned 
to  Paris  where  he  resumed  his  father's  business  returning  to  the  Ro- 
man Catholic  faith.  In  flying  from  Paris  to  Geneva,  the  Stevens  family 
found  that  they  had  but  exchanged  Roman  Catholic  persecution  for 
Protestant  persecution. 

Henry  Stevens,  the  second,  was  born  in  Paris  in  1538  and  suc- 
ceeded his  father,  Robert  Stevens,  Jr.,  on  his  death,  in  1559.  Lie  was 
repeatedly  called  before  the  council,  reprimanded  and  ordered  to  print 
cancels  and  was  finally  excommunicated.  Though  Henry  possessed 
the  same  literary  industry  and  ability  as  his  father,  he  was  unfortu- 
nately deficient  in  his  father's  practical  turn  of  mind.  Devoted  to 
his  art  and  his  calling,  he  seems  to  have  been  utterly  wanting  in 


1 82  THE  STEVENS  GENEALOGY 

worldly  prudence.  In  two  years  we  find  that  he  had  revised  anc 
published  more  than  4000  pages  of  Greek  text,  while  at  the  same  tin  it- 
he  was  writing  his  Apologia  pro  Herodoto,  a  work  of  formidable  length 
and  learning.  He  was  rendered  nervous  and  irritable  by  an  over- 
worked brain  and  by  pecuniary  difficulties  which  were  gathering 
rist  around  him.  The  petty  surveillance  and  censorship  of  the  pious 
pastors  of  Geneva  became  intolerable  to  him  and  traveling,  originally 
undertaken  from  literary  curiosity,  grew  into  a  necessity  of  life.  In 
1578  he  visited  Paris  where  for  several  years  he  became  a  hanger-on 
of  the  court  of  Henry  III,  who  bestowed  upon  him  a  pension  which 
the  estate  of  the  royal  exchequer  rendered  merely  a  nominal  one. 
Quitting  Paris  he  wandered  in  poverty  over  Europe,  his  own  family 
often  ignorant  of  where  he  was  to  be  found.  He  died  at  Lyons  in 
1598.  Great  as  a  commentator  and  publisher,  Henry  Stevens  does 
not  seem  to  have  possessed  much  power  as  an  original  thinker.  His 
mastery  of  Greek  seems  to  have  been  almost  complete  and  as  a  critic 
of  the  French  language  he  is  still  esteemed  in  France. 


SECTION    XII. 

JONATHAN  STEVENS,  of  Canada. 

JONATHAN"  STEVENS,  who  was  born  in  1766  died  in  Canada. 
He  is  supposed  to  have  moved  into  Canada  about  1802  from  the  line 
between  Vermont  and  Massachusetts.  He  was  a  brother  of  William 
Stevens.  Jonathan  Stevens  married  Lucy  Adams,  who  was  born 
about  1768  and  who  died  on  March  25,  1845  m  Lee  Co.,  Iowa.  She 
was  directly  related  to  the  Adams  and  Qiiincy  families  so  prominent 
in  the  early  history  of  the  LTnited  States.  Jonathan  Stevens  and  his 
wife  Lucy  had : 

I.  Jonathan  Stevens,  who  was  born  about  1794  and  who  married 

Nabby  Phelps.      He  was  a  farmer. 

II.  \Yarren  Stevens,  who  was  born  about  1796  and  who  married 

Peggy  Gilchrist. 

III.  Oliver  Stevens,  who  was  born  about   1798.       He  married 

Sally  Britten  of  Xew  York,  where  he  afterwards  resided. 

IV.  Henry  Stevens,  who  was  born  about   1800.       He  married 

Matilda  Smith  and  removed  to  Nauvoo,  111.,  in  1845 


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then  as   far  west  as   Farmington,   Iowa,  whence  he  went 
back  east. 

V.  Arnold  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  August  24,  1802.  He 
married  on  November  5,  1828,  Lois  Coon.  The  older 
brothers  of  Arnold  Stevens,  were  married  before  he  was 
and  had  scattered  in  different  directions,  all  having 
large  families.  He  and  his  wife,  Lois  Coon,  his  mother, 
Lucy  Adams  Stevens,  and  others,  left  Canada  in  March 
1837,  having  joined  the  Church  of  Jesus  Christ  of  Latter- 
day  Saints  in  1836.  Arnold  Stevens  died  on  March  27, 
1847  at  Pueblo,  Colo.,  from  being  thrown  from  a  horse 
while  serving  in  the  Mexican  War.  He  enlisted  in  the 
"Mormon  Battalion"  and  accompanied  them  as  far  as 
Pueblo,  Colo.,  where  he  died.  He  was  a  farmer  and  a 
mason.  His  wife,  Lois  Coon,  was  born  on  March  10, 
1811  in  Upper  Canada.  She  afterwards  resided  in  Fair- 
view,  Sanpete  Co.,  Utah,  where  she  died.  They  had : 

1.  Byron  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  February  29,   1830, 

in  Upper  Canada  and  who  died  the  same  day. 

2.  Sabra  Elizabeth  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  December 
25,   1831,  in  Jefferson  Co.,  N.  Y.       She  died  on  De- 
cember 14,  1843  at  Macedonia,  111. 

3.  Lois   Ann   Stevens,   who   was   born   on   December    15, 

1833,  in  Jefferson  Co.,  N.  Y.  She  married  in  Wes- 
ton,  Platt  Co.,  Mo.,  Lycurgus  Wilson,  who  was  born 
on  February  27,  1828  in  Richlancl  Co.,  Ohio.  He  was 
the  son  of  Guy  Carlton  Wilson  and  Elizabeth  Hunter. 
They  had : 

i.  Lycurgus  Arnold  Wilson,  who  was  born  on  No- 
vember 7,  1856,  at  Salem,  Utah  Co.,  Utah.  He 
married,  first,  Ellis  Maria  Tucker,  who  was  born 
on  September  6,  1858.  She  died  at  Provo,  L'tah, 
on  Jan.  12,  1887.  He  married,  second,  on  De- 
cember 23,  1888,  Melissa  Patten,  at  Logan,  Utah, 
and,  third,  Zina  Lyons,  on  January  5,  1890. 

ii.  Lois  Elizabeth  Wilson,  who  was  born  in  March 
1859,  at  Salem,  Utah.  She  died  on  July  25,  1865. 

iii.  Ellen  Adelia  Wilson,  who  was  born  on  October 
n,  1861,  at  Ogden,  Utah.  She  married  Philip 


Till-:  STKVKXS  (,K. \EALOGY 

Harrison  Hurst, 
iv.     Guy  Carlton  Wilson,  who  was  born  on  April  10. 

1864,    at    Fairview.    Utah.        He   married    Elvira 

Elizabeth  Hartsberg. 
v.     Justin   Wilson,   who   was  born  on   September    19, 

1866,  and  who  died  on   November   15,    1881. 
vi.     Mary  Mehitable  Wilson,  who  was  born  on  May 

14.   1869.       She  married  Philip  Harrison  Hurst, 
vii.     Viola  Wilson,  who  was  born  on  November  27. 

1871.       She  married  Andrew  Peterson, 
viii.     Lucy  Arabella  Wilson,  who  was  born  on  October 

23,     1874    at    Fairview.        She    married    Thomas 

l\ee>e  Anderson. 

4.  Rachel    Matilda    Stevens,   who    was   born   on  July   25. 
iS.V>.  and  who  died  on  December  20.  18.41).  at  Weston. 
Platt  Co.,  Mo. 

5.  Arnold    Stevens,    who   was   born   on    August   22.    1838. 
at   Dublin,   Ind.       He  died  on  September  5,   1838. 

6.  Ransom  Abraham  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  Septem- 

ber 27.  1831).  at  Springfield.  111.  (  )n  February  17. 
iSV>.  he  married  Tranquilla  Ann  T.rady,  who  was  born 
on  January  22.  184(5  in  Hancock  Co..  111.  She  was 
the  daughter  <>f  Eindsey  I'rady  and  Elizabeth  Ann 
Anderson.  They  had  : 

i.     Ransom  Marion  Steven-.  wh«»  was  born  on  May  I. 

:.        He  married  Annie  Dorothea  Christensen. 

She   was   the   daughter  of    Frederick   Christensen 

and    Christina    Sophia    Rasmussen.        They    had: 

^  nhronia  Stevens,  who  was  born 
on  September  II,  iSSS.  She  died  on  No- 
vember  c;.  1888. 

(2)  Ray  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  October  9, 
1891  and  who  died  on  <  >ctober  18.  1891,  at 
l-'ai^alii.  Upoln,  Samoa. 

Marion  Christensen  Stevens,  who  was  bom 
mi   June  9,    [894,   and  who  died  on  Jim 

4.  at  Fairview. 
Ransom    Marion    Stevui>.   was      a      graduate 


LOIS  ANN  STEVENS 
Wife  of  Lycurgus  Wilson 


MISCELLANEOUS      STEVENS       FAMILIES  I&J 

the  Brigham  Young  University,  at  Provo,  Utah, 
and  went  on  a  mission  to  the  Southern  States 
when  only  eighteen  years  old  and  again  at  the  age 
of  thirty  he  went  to  Samoa  on  a  mission.  He 
was  president  of  the  mission  and  died  April  28, 
1894,  at  Fagalii,  Upolu,  Samoa.  The  following 
obituary  appeared  in  the  Deseret  News : 

"Fagalii,  Samoa,  May  23,  1894.  Since  you 
last  heard  from  this  far-off  land,  the  hand  of  death 
has  taken  from  our  midst,  our  honored  and  beloved 
president,  Elder  Ransom  M.  Stevens.  He  had 
been  complaining  of  not  feeling  well  for  some 
time,  and  had  been  confined  to  his  bed  for  ten 
days,  when  on  the  morning  of  Saturday,  April 
28th,  1894,  his  noble  spirit  was  called  hence,  and 
we  were  left  to  mourn  his  loss,~and  try  to  comfort 
and  console  his  grief-striken  wife. 

"Brother  Stevens  had  been  president  of  the 
Samoan  mission  for  some  time  previous  to  his 
demise,  and  as  president  and  co-laborer  he  won 
the  love  and  admiration  of  all  with  whom  he  was 
associated." 

ii.  Arnold  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  March  2,  1866, 
at  Fairview,  Utah.  He  married  Augusta  Ander- 
son and  they  had : 

(1)  Hans   Arnold   Stevens,   who   was   born   on 
February  24,  1886. 

(2)  Ransom  Abraham  Stevens,  who  was  born  on 
June  30,   1889. 

(3)  Delia  Augusta  Stevens,  who  was  born  on 
November  5,   1891. 

(4)  Ernest  Andrew  Stevens,  who  was  born  on 
October  13,  1894. 

iii.  Lindsey  Absalom  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  April 
4,  1868.  He  married  Louisa  M.  Anderson.  They 
had: 


-SS  THE  STEVENS   GENEALOGY 

(1)  Birdie   Margarette   Stevens.   \vhu   was  born 
on  March  2,   1892. 

(2)  Lindsey  James   Stevens,   who  was  born   on 
January  4.    1894. 

iv.  Tabitha  Elizabeth  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  April 
nj.  18/0.  at  Fairview,  Utah.  She  married 
Charles  Oscar  Peterson  and  they  had : 

i  i  )  Tranquilla  Ann  Peters' m.  who  was  born  on 
June  2,  1889. 

(2)  (  ibvedia  Peterson,  who  was  born  on  January 
15.  1891  and  who  died  on  February  io,  1891. 

(3)  Carolina   Peterson,   who  was  born  on  July 
26,   1892. 

(41  Charles  <  Near  Peterson,  who  was  born  on 
X.-veir.l.er  25.  1894  and  who  died  on  Dec. 
31.  1804. 

v.  Lois  Ann  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  April  2,  18/2 
at  Fairview.  I 'tali.  She  married  John  Myron 
Tanner  and  they  had  : 

(i)  Myron  Vasco  Tanner,  who  \vas  born  on 
<  >ctober  _'<>,  1892. 

Lois  Geneva  Tanner,  who  was  born  on  De- 
cember 23.  iS«>4.  and  who  died  on  January 
29,  1895. 

vi.  Tranquilla  Ann  Stevens,  who  \vas  born  on  May 
10,  1874  at  Fairview.  Utah.  She  married  Wil- 
liam Henry  Triplett. 

vii.  Justus  Perry  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  April  19, 
1876  at  Fairview,  L'tah.  He  married  Julia  Etta 
Bohney. 

viii.     Rhoda  Matilda  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  June 

14.  1879  a^  Fairview  Utah. 

ix.     Sophia  Beatrice  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  June 

25,   1881. 
x.     Mary   Ellen   Stevens,   who  was  born  on   October 

15.  1883  and  who  died  on  November  17,  1883. 


LYCURGUS  WILSON 
Husband  of  Lois  Ann  Stevens 


MISCELLANEOUS      STEVENS       FAMILIES  IQI 

xi.     Keziah   Frances    Stevens,   who     was     born     on 

March  i,  1885. 
xii.     Warren    Abraham    Stevens,   who    was   born   on 

April    10,    1888,    at    Fairview,    Utah. 

7.  Erastus  Arnold  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  March  31, 
1842,  at  Macedonia,  111.,  and  who  died  on  August  6, 
1844  at  Lee  Co.,  Iowa. 

VI.  Nancy  Stevens,  who  was  born  about  1804,  died  in  infancy. 

VII.  Lucy  Stevens,  who  was  born  about   1804,  was  a  twin  to 
Nancy.      She  married  Alvin  Halliday.      They  had : 

i.     Lucy  Halliday,  who  married  Justus  Coon. 

VIII.  Lydia  Stevens,  who  was  born  about  1806,  and  who  married 
Daniel  Phelps. 

IX.  Clarissa  Stevens,  who  was  born  about  1808,  married  Samuel 

Smith. 

X.  Fanny  Stevens,  who  was  born  about  1809,  married  Edward 

Gates. 

XI.  Nancy   Stevens,   who   was   the  second  child  of  that  name, 

married   David   Dickson.        She   died   in   San   Bernardino, 
Cal. 


THE  STEVENS  GENEALOGY. 


PART     IV. 

THE  ANCESTRAL  LINE  OF  DR.  ELVIRA  STEVENS  BARNEY, 
from  1650  to  ihe  Present  Time. 


JOHN  CUNNABELL,  the  immigrant  ancestor  from  whom  all  of 
the  name  Conable,  Connable  and  Cunnabell  are  descended,  who  have 
lived  or  are  now  living  in  America,  came  from  London,  England, 
after  November,  1673,  probably  in  1674,  to  Boston,  Mass.,  where  he 
appears  to  have  resided  until  his  decease  in  1724. 

Mr.  Cunnabell  evidently  remained  in  Boston  until  he  joined  a 
company  for  service  in  King  Philip's  War,  under  Capt.  William 
Turner,  of  Boston.  February  22,  1675-6,  a  list  of  the  company  was 
taken  at  Medfield.  It  consisted  of  about  one  hundred  men,  chiefly  from 
Boston.  The  company  was  ordered  to  Northampton  and  defended 
it  against  the  Indians,  March  14,  1676;  the  Indians  assaulted  the  town 
in  full  force  but  were  repulsed.  Early  in  April,  1676,  Maj.  Thomas 
Savage  withdrew  his  troops,  leaving  Capt.  Turner  with  one  hundred 
and  fifty-one  men  to  garrison  the  towns. 

At  this  period  of  King  Philip's  War  a  large  body  of  Indian 
\varriors,  with  their  wives  and  children,  were  assembled  at  the  falls 
on  Connecticut  river,  between  Gill  and  Montague,  engaged  in  catch- 
ing shad,  which  at  that  period  were  found  there  in  large  numbers. 
Having  learned  from  two  boys,  who  had  been  taken  prisoners  by  the 
Indians  and  escaped  to  their  friends,  that  the  Indians  were  busily  en- 
gaged at  the  falls  in  catching  and  curing  fish,  and  were  in  no  expec- 
tation of  any  molestation,  Capt.  Turner  assembled  two  companies  of 
about  one  hundred  and  eighty  mounted  men,  and  on  the  evening  of 
the  1 7th  of  May,  1676,  left  Hatfield  for  the  "Great  Falls/'  dismounted 
about  daylight  the  next  morning,  leaving  their  horses  about  one-half 
mile  from  the  Indians'  camp  and  in  care  of  a  guard. 

The  surprise  of  the  Indians  was  complete.  An  attack  was  then 
made  upon  them  and  over  three  hundred  were  killed  or  drowned  while 


19-4  TIIK  STKYHXs  I;!-:NI-:.\UH;V. 

attempting  to  escape  by  crossing  the  river.  Turner  lost  but  one  sol- 
dier. Just  as  the  fight  at  the  falls  was  finished  and  the  march  to- 
\vards  the  horses  had  begun,  a  small  party  of  Indians  were  seen  cross- 
ing the  river  above  the  falls  and  twenty  English  were  sent  to  meet 
them,  but  were  repulsed  and  driven  back  to  the  main  body.  About  this 
time  another  party  of  Indians  from  below  attacked  the  guard  left  with 
the  horses,  but  were  beaten  off  until  the  English  arrived  and  remounted 
their  horses  and  began  the  march  toward  Hatfield,  Capt.  Holvoke  with 
a  part  of  the  force  covering  the  rear.  Earge  additions  had  now 
joined  the  Indians  from  the  east  side  of  the  river,  and  a  captive  brought 
the  rumor  of  the  dreaded  King  1'hilip  at  the  head  of  1,000  warriors 
in  full  pursuit. 

A  panic  came  upon  the  troops;  van.  center  and  rear  became  sepa- 
rated. One  party  was  ambushed  in  a  swamp  and  cut  off;  another 
party,  losing  the  way.  were  made  prisoners.  Capt.  Turner  conduct- 
ed his  company  as  far  as  Green  river,  at  the  passage  of  which  the 
< -nemy  came  up  and  attacked  them  in  force  and  he  was  killed  there. 
C'apt.  Holvoke,  with  his  survivors,  reached  Hatfield  after  several 
subsequent  severe  engagements,  with  only  about  one-half  of  the  orig- 
inal number.  John  Cunnabell  escaped  with  his  life. 

The  battk-  was  afterwards  known  as  the  "Falls  Fight",  the  last 
great  battle  of  the  Indian  \Yar.  The  "Falls"  are  now  known  as 
Turner's  Falls,  named  in  honor  of  the  commander  of  the  day.  The 
company  was  in  garrison  at  Hadley  June  jf>,  IMJM. 

John  Hull,  of  Boston,  was  the  treasurer  of  the  Massachusetts 
Colony  16/5-1680;  his  journal  shows  that  Mr.  Cunnabell  received  L.3 
8s  and  6d  for  his  services  under  Capt.  \Yilliam  Turner.  The  ledger 
into  which  the  transactions  were  posted,  as  also  the  "debenters,"  or 
vouchers,  have  been  lost;  probably  burned  in  the  (  >ld  State  House  fire. 

It  is  well  known  that  many  of  Capt.  Turner's  men  were,  like 
himself.  IJaptists.  He  had  raised  a  company,  it  is  said,  of  volunteers 
in  the  early  part  of  King  Philip's  \Yar,  and  offered  them  to  the  Genl. 
Court  to  fight  the  Indians,  but  those  "staunch  old  bigots"  would  not 
accept  them  unless  they  would  enlist  under  orthodox  officers,  but  fi- 
nally were  glad  to  take  them  anyway.  Mr.  Cunnabell  may  have  been 
a  Baptist  before  joining  the  (  )ld  South  Church  in  1690;  and  this  mav 
.^erve  to  explain  the  delay  in  the  baptism  of  his  children,  by  hi^  first 
wife. 

Nearly  sixty  years  after  the  "Falls  F'ight".  Jan  ji.  173".  the 
'.".cm-nil  C<>urt  of  Massachusetts  I'.av  in  Xe\v  England  ackn  -•\vlei1ije<! 


BARNARD   STEVENS, 
Twin   Brother  of   the   Author 


THE    ANCESTRAL    LINE    OF    DR.    ELVIRA    STEVENS    BARNEY.          197 

the  important  and  perilous  service  rendered,  by  a  grant  of  land;  it 
then  granted  to  the  survivors  of  the  fight  and  the  descendants  of  the 
others  a  township,  which  was  called,  in  honor  of  the  fight  "Fall  Town", 
which  was  incorporated  with  the  name  of  Bernardston,  March  6,  1762. 
Among  the  list  of  grantees  appears  the  name  of  "Samuel  Cunnibal, 
Boston,  son  of  John  Cunniball."  The  tract  of  land  included  the 
present  towns  of  Bernardston  and  Leyden  and  a  part  of  Colerain, 
all  now  in  Franklin  Co.,  Mass.  A  provision  of  the  Grant  required 
the  land  to  go,  when  the  father  was  deceased,  to  the  eldest  son  living, 
and  in  case  there  was  no  son  then  to  the  oldest  male  descendant.  John 
Cunnabell's  share,  therefore,  went  to  his  son  Samuel,  his  eldest  son 
John  having  died  in  1705. 

In  the  diary  of  Jeremiah  Bumstead,  of  Boston,  "a  staunch  and 
active  member  of  the  Old  South  Church,"  he  refers  to  the  death  of 
John  Cunnabell  under  date  of  April  10,  1724,  as  follows: 

"On  ye  10,  in  ye  morning  about  5,  old  Mr.  Connabell,  ye  Joiner, 
dyed,  &  buryed  on  ye  13  day,  aged  74  years  3  months  15  days." 

From  this  it  would  appear  that  Mr.  Cunnabell  was  born  on  Jan. 
25,  1649-1650,  or  as  now  written  Jan.  25,  1650,  and  died  April  10, 
1724. 

Mr.  Cunnabell  was  married  three  times ;  the  name  of  his  first 
wife  has  not  been  found.  His  second  wife  was  Sarah  Clayes,  Cloise 
or  Cloyse,  as  written  upon  the  ancient  records,  and  his  third  wife  was 
Martha  Hely.  All  of  his  posterity  bearing  his  surname  are  descend- 
ed from  his  second  wife,  Sarah  Clayes,  and  are  named  as  follows : 

I.  John  Cunnabell,  who  was  born  in  1673.       He  married  Lydia 

Beighton. 

II.  Elizabeth  Cunnabell,  who  was  baptized  February   16,   1689- 

90  in  the  Old  South  Church.  She  married  on  January 
28,  1712,  Thomas  Wharton  and  died  between  March  25, 
1724,  and  September  6,  1736.  They  had  one  child: 

i.     Thomas  Wharton,  who  was  born  on  August  20,  1717. 

III.  Susannah   Cunnabell,   who   was   baptized   on   February    16, 

1689-90,  in  the  Old  South  Church.  There  is  no  other  rec- 
ord of  her,  therefore,  she  probably  died  young. 

IV.  Robert  Cunnabell,  who  was  baptized  May  25,  1690,  in  the 

Old  South  Church.  He  was  drowned  March  19,  1699- 
1700.  Judge  Samuel  Sewall  wrote  in  his  diary,  Vol  2, 
page  9,  under  this  date:  "Three  young  men,  viz:  Robert 


108  THE  sTi-:\i-:.\s  <;KXK. \LOCY. 

Cunnabell,  \\m.  Salter,  Tho.  Comer,  went  in  a  canoo  a  Gun- 
ing  before  day-light,  and  were  drowned.  Wind  high 
and  wether  cold.  Only  James  Tileston  was  saved." 

V.  Martha   Cunnabell,  who  was  born  about   10X7.      She  married. 

first.  Mr.  Ireland,  probably  son  of  John  Ireland;  he  died 
and  she  married,  second.  May  u.  1/07.  Nathaniel  Biv:k 
(written  also  Brick).  She  died  in  Huston,  September 
27-  I73I-  aged  44  years.  She  had  two  children  by  Mr. 
Breck  : 

1.  Sarah  Breck,  who  was  born  November  23.  1710. 

2.  Nathaniel   Breck.  who  was  horn  on  May  9,  1713.  and 

who  died  on  November  22.  1710. 

VI.  Samuel  Cunnabell.  who  was  born  on  January    in.    inStKJO- 

He  married,  first.  Abigail  Treadway,  and,  second.  Mrs 
Mary  (Wilson)  Diamond. 

VII.  Abigail    Cunnabell,    who    was    baptized    on    December    27. 

[691.        She  married  Daniel  Bell. 

VIII.  Deborah  Cunnabell,  who  was  horn  on   May  5.    1005,  and 
was  baptized  in  the  (  >ld  South  Church  the  same  day.       Sh.' 
probably  died  young  as  she  was  not  named  in  her  father's 
will. 

IN.  Hannah  Cunnabell.  who  was  horn  Angu>t  5.  i<><)7.  She 
first  married  William  Bond.  and.  second.  John  Benjamin. 

N.  -  Cunnabell,  son,  was  still-born  March  18,  1701. 

XI.  Mary  Cunnabell.  who  was  born  January  22,  1703-4.  She 
married,  first.  William  Booker,  and,  second,  John  Earl. 

SAMUEL  CUNNABELL,  son  of  John  Cunnabell,  was  born  in 
Boston,  Mass..  January  in.  1689-90 :  was  published  in  Boston,  June  17, 
1710,  with  Abigail  Treadway,  of  Charlestown,  third  daughter  of  Josiah 
and  Sarah  (  Sweetman)  Treadway.  born  September  24.1083  ;  by  her  he 
had  two  children  and  both  died  young;  she  died  April  6,  1713.  He 
was  married  the  second  time,  in  Boston  by  Rev.  Cotton  Mather,  July 

1713.  to  Mrs.  Mary  i  Wil>on  )  Diamond,  widow  of  John  Diamond 
and  daughter  of  William  and  Mary  (  Pierce)  Wilson.  She  was  mar- 
ried to  her  first  husband.  John  Diamond,  August  22,  1709.  She 
was  born  in  Boston.  November  4.  1690,  and  was  baptized  in  the  Old 
S<  •nth  Church  when  twelve  days  old.  Her  mother,  Mary,  was  daugh- 
ter of  lohn  Pierce,  of  Boston,  a  bricklayer,  and  wife  Isabell.  Her 
father.  William  Wilson,  was  the  son  of  Deacon  Kdward  Wilson,  of 


MARY  BOUTWELL, 
Wife  of  Barnard  Stevens 


THE  ANCESTRAL  LINE  OF  DR.  ELVIRA  STEVENS  BARNEY.       201 

Charlestown,  Mass.,  whose  wife  Mary,  was  daughter  of  Deacon  Robert 
Hale  and  Joanna  Hale,  early  settlers  of  Charlestown.  Deacon  Rob- 
ert Hale  was  the  ancestor  of  Capt.  Nathaniel  Hale,  of  the  Connecticut 
Continentals,  the  patriot  spy  of  the  Revolution ;  also  of  the  well-known 
Rev.  Edward  E.  Hale  of  the  present  day.  By  his  second  wife  Mr. 
Cunnabell  had  ten  children : 

I.  John  Cunnabell,  who  was  born  on  March  24,  1711.      He  was. 

baptized  on  March  27,  1711  and  died  December  20,  1713. 

II.  Abigail   Cunnabell,   who  was  born  on   December   26,   1712. 

She  was  baptized  on  January  4,  1712-13. 

III.  Elizabeth  Cunnabell,  who  was  born  on  April  24,  1714.      She 

married  John  Lee. 

IV.  William  Cunnabell,  who  was  born  March  13,  1715-16.       He 

was  baptized  March  18,  following,  and  died  September  20, 
1717. 

V..  Samuel  Cunnabell,  twin  with  William,  who  was  born  March 
13,  1715-16.  He  was  baptized  March  18,  following,  and 
was  buried  May  25,  1716. 

VI.  Samuel  Cunnabell,  who  was  baptized  April  7,   1717.       He 

married  Mary  English. 

VII.  Sarah  Cunnabell,  who  was    born    February    22,    1718-19. 
She  married  James  Couch. 

VIII.  Abigail   Cunnabell,   who   was  born   September   22,    1722. 
She    married,    fi*-<;t,   William   Craft,   and,    second,   Joseph 
Knee  land. 

IX.  William  Cunnabell,  who  was  born  on  March  i,  1723-4.  He 

was  baptized   when  one  week  old  and  died  before   1746. 
He  probably  died  in  infancy. 

X.  John  Cunnabell,  who  was  born  on  August   10,   1725.       He 

married  Sarah  Craft. 

XI.  Preserved  Cunnabell,  who  was  born  on  October  29,   1727- 

He   married   twice;    first,    Hester   Wisdom,    and,    second, 
Miss  Crocker. 

XII.  Hannah  Cunnabell,  who  was  born  October  13,  1729.       She 
married   twice ;    first,   James    Maxwell,   and,    second,    Mr. 
Frizzle. 

SA.M  I'EL  CUNNABELL,  son  of  Samuel  Cunnabell,  son  of  John 
Cunnabell,  was  born  in  Boston,  Mass.,  probably  but  a  few  days  prior 


2O2  THE  STEVENS   GENEALOGY. 

to  his  baptism  in  the  Old  North  or  Second  Church,  April  7,  1/17.  He 
was  published  in  Boston,  Mass.,  March  8,  1739,  to  Hannah  Blanch- 
ard,  of  Hanover,  but  no  record  or  tradition  has  been  preserved  of 
their  marriage.  He  was  married  in  Xew  Haven,  Conn.,  about  1740, 
to  Mary  English,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Rebecca  (Brown)  En- 
glish. She  was  born  in  Xew  Haven,  on  December  29,  1715,  and  joined 
the  church  there  on  June  17.  1736.  Pieces  of  her  wedding-  dress  of 
very  heavy  changeable  silk  of  light  robin's-egg  blue  are  still  preserved 
among  her  descendants,  the  dress  remaining  nearly  ninety  years  as  she 
wore  it.  The  tradition  is  that  immediately  after  their  marriage  she 
accompanied  her  husband  to  their  new  home  in  Eall  Town,  Hampshire 
county,  now  Bernardston,  Franklin  county.  Mass..  riding  behind  him 
on  the  same  horse  and  carrying  her  household  go 

Mr.  Cunnabell  was  "of  l'.o>ton"  in  June.  1731;,  in  which  month, 
as  attorney  for  his  father,  he  attended  a  meeting  of  the  proprietors  of 
Fall  Town  at  Deerfield,  when  it  was  voted  to  build  a  meetinghouse  in 
Eall  Town,  fifty  feet  long,  forty  feet  wide  and  twenty-three  feet  be- 
tween the  joists:  this  hou>e  was  built  by  Mr.  Cunnabell  and  was  the 
first  framed  building  erected  in  the  town.  Mr.  Cunnabell's  residence 
was  the  second  dwelling-house  erected  in  the  town  :  three  others  belong- 
ing to  Lieut.  Ebenezer  Sheldon.  Deacon  Sheldon  and  Maj.  John  Burk, 
were  built  about  the  same  time.  Mr.  Cunnabell  built  a  bridge  over  Eall 
river  in  1741  ,  the  first  in  the  town,  and  another  in  1750:  in  1760  he 
built  a  bridge  across  Fall  river  at  the  saw  mill;  was  on  a  committee 
to  build  <>r  repair  bridges  1771.  1772.  1784  and  at  variou>  other  time.-: 
was  chairman  in  1770  of  a  committee  granting  him  land  and  a  roa  1 
from  his  saw-mill  to  his  house.  In  1784  it  was  "Voted,  that  there 
>hall  be  a  bridge  built  by  Mr.  Samuel  CunnabeH's  Old  Saw  Mill." 
Mr.  Cunnabell  was  chosen  Deer  reeve  1772.  constable  and  collector 
1762,  1763,  1764,  1766,  1773  and  other  years:  surveyor  of  highways 
752,  1763,  1777.  1778.  1786.  December  15,  1772.  a  committee  was 
chosen  to  get  men  to  help  Mr.  Cunnabell  move  the  meetinghouse 
from  "Huckle  Hill"  down  near  the  old  cemetery,  a  distance  of  about 
a  half-mile,  and  at  the  same  meeting  it  was  "Voted  that  Mr.  Samuel 
( "unnable  shall  have  the  whole  ordering  of  the  affair  with  Respect 
to  drawing  the  meetinghouse." 

Mr.  Cunnabell  was  remarkable  for  his  self-taught  mechanical 
\vledge  and  ingenuity,  for  his  skill  in  raising  and  drawing  build- 
ings, constructing  bridges,  mills,  residences,  churches,  etc.  A.S  speci- 
mens of  his  contriving,  mechanical  mind  are  the  circumstances  of  his 


BARNARD  FIELD  STEVENS, 

Son  of  Barnard  Stevens  and  Mary  Boutwell 

Stevens 


THE    ANCESTRAL    LINE    OF    DR.    ELVIRA    STEVENS    UAKXEY.          2O5 

Temoving  the  meeting  house  one-half  a  mile  with  men  alone,  the  rais- 
ing of  .his  saw-mill  (the  second  one  erected  by  him  on  what  is  known 
as  "Newcomb  Brook"),  assisted  only  by  his  son  John,  daughter  Molly 
and  the  "old  white  mare,"  and  that  while  engaged  in  making  maple 
sugar  he  gathered  the  sap  in  a  basket  and  boiled  it  in  a  tub.  The  saw 
mill  referred  to  stood  over  a  very  deep,  narrow  gorge  or  glen  in  "New- 
comb  Brook,"  one  hundred  and  seventeen  rods  from  Fall  river. 

It  appears  from  the  rolls  of  the  Revolutionary  War  at  Boston 
that  Mr.  Cunnabell  and  his  son  John  were  in  the  military  service.  Mr. 
•Cunnabell  served  as  a  private  from  April  20,  to  May  i,  1775,  in  Capt. 
Agrippa  Wells's  company,  Cdl.  William's  regiment  of  militia ;  marched 
from  Greenfield.  He  also  served  from  July  10,  to  August  12,  1777,  in 
Capt.  Amasa  Sheldon's  company.  Col.  Elisha  Porter's  regiment  of 
militia,  in  an  expedition  in  the  Xorthern  Department ;  the  Capt.  was 
from  Deerfield. 

In  1744  was  commenced  the  French  and  Indian  War,  and  so  fre- 
quent were  the  incursions  of  the  Indians  and  so  great  the  danger,  that 
the  settlement  in  Fall  Town  was  mostly  abandoned,  a  few  inhabitants 
only  remaining  and  these  living  in  stockades  or  fortified  houses  or 
forts.  John  Burk's  fort,  the  largest  of  the  three  forts  in  Fall  Town,  was 
six  rods  square,  constructed  of  timber,  ten  or  twelve  feet  long,  sharpen- 
ed to  a  point  at  the  top  and  placed  perpendicularly  close  together,  firmly 
in  the  earth,  and  having  at  each  corner  an  elevated  stand  for  the  sen- 
tinels. In  case  of  an  alarm  from  the  approach  of  the  Indians  the  fam- 
ilies that  remained  in  this  territory  resorted  to  the  forts  for  mutual 
protection  and  safety.  The  Indian  "war  whoop,"  accompanied  by  the 
tomahawk  and  scalping-knife,  were  the  dread  of  the  early  settlers, 
for  they  well  knew  that  if  they  were  overpowered  it  was  death  at 
once,  or,  what  was  nearly  as  bad,  a  terrible  captivity  in  Canada,  from 
which  they  might  never  return.  Mr.  Cunnabell's  daughter  Elizabeth, 
who  afterwards  became  the  wife  of  William  Newcomb,  was  born  in 
Burk's  fort  in  1757,  where  her  parents  were  driven  by  the  Indians. 

At  the  time  of  the  blockade  of  Boston  by  the  British  in  the  Revo- 
lutionary W'ar,  Mr.  Cunnabell  went  to  Boston"  and  brought  home  his 
two  widowed  sisters,  Mrs.  Lee  and  Mrs.  Maxwell  and  her  four  chil- 
dren. It  was  judged  that  he  raised  a  double  crop  of  grain  that  year, 
it  was  noticed  by  the  people  and  believed  that  Providence  had  thus 
favored  him  as  a  reward  for  his  kindness  to  his  poor  sisters.  Mr. 
Cunnabell  was  admitted  to  the  New  Brick  Church,  Boston,  November 
6,  1737,  and  upon  the  organization  of  the  first  church  in  Fall  Town, 


20-'-  THE   STEVENS    GENEALOGY. 

he  and  his  wife  became  members  and  so  continued  until  their  decea-e. 
They  were  devoutly  religious  people;  she  was  a  very  superior  woman 
and  possessed  one  of  the  sweetest  of  dispositions.  They  had  seven 
children  : 

I.  Samuel  Cunnabell,  who  was  born  November  n.  1/43.  He  mar- 

ried Rebecca  Ryther. 

II.  Mary  Cunnabell,  who  was  born  about   1747. 

III.  John  Cunnabell.  who  was  born  about   1/49.       He  married. 

first,    Amy    Edwards,   second,    Sarah    Dewey,    and.   third, 
Mrs.  Abigail  Congdon. 

IV.  Sarah  Cunnabell,  who  was  born  in  May   1751.         She  in; 

ried  Hophni  Ryther. 

Y.  Rebecca  Cunnabell.  who  was  born  about  1755.  She  married 
Ezra  Shattuck. 

YI.  Elizabeth  Cunnabell.  who  was  born  about  1757.  She  mar- 
ried William  Xewcomb. 

\  II.  I'hebe  Cunnabell.  who  was  born  about  17  She  died 

young. 

SAMUEL  CrXXAl.KLL.  s«>n  <>f  Samuel,  son  of  Samuel,  son  of 
John,  was  born  in  Eall  Town,  now  Bemardston,  Mass..  November  n. 
1743.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  married  November  13.  1770.  Rebecc  i 
Ryther,  daughter  of  Lieut.  David  Ryther  (or  Rider  as  he  wrote  his 
name),  born  in  the  same  town  May  .'3.  1753.  He  settled  upon  the 
farm  next  north  of  his  father's  and  upon  the  same  (west)  side  of  the1 
road,  his  house  being  one  hundred  and  forty-nine  rods  distant. 

After  Mr.  CunnabeH's  death  his  s<»n.  Ezra,  became  the  owner  of 
the  farm  and  lived  and  died  in  the  same  house.  The  farm  is  now 
owned  by  Myron  Corbett. 

Mr.  Cunnabell  was  ch  >sen  hayward  in  17/0:  surveyor  of  higways 
7.769,  1785:  warden  1781.  1783^  1784;  assessor  1787-.  surveyor  of 
boards  and  shingles  1772,  \~(>\  :  constable  and  collector  1776:  OP 
committee  to  settle  with  Rev.  Amasa  Cook  and  town  treasurer  i  - 
and  employed  by  the  town  to  build  bridge-  1780  and  i~*)O.  He  died 
instantaneously  while  sitting  upon  his  plow  in  his  field  on  April  29, 
1794.  Mr.  Cunnabell  died  intestate:  his  widow  became  the  adminis- 
tratrix of  the  estate  and  the  guardian  of  her  children,  who  were  as 
follow- : 

I.     Anna  Cunnabell.  who  was  born  on  January  30.    1772.        She 


m 


THE    ANCESTRAL    LINE    OF    DR.    ELVIRA    STEVENS    BARNEY.  209 

married  Nehemiah  Wright. 

II.  Eunice  Cunnabell,  who  was  born  on  January  27,  1774.       She 

married  Dr.  Simon  Stevens. 

III.  Jonathan  Cunnabell,  who  was  born  on  August  13,  1776.  He 

married  Asenath  Wright. 

IV.  Ezra  Cunnabell,  who  was  born  on  November  12,  1779.       He 

married,  first,  Abigail  Stevens,  second,  Mary  Dennison,  and, 
third,  Mrs.  Sylvia  P.  Willard. 

V.  Amelia  Cunnabell,  who  was  born  on  December  29,  1781.      She 

married  Ebenezer  Sereno  Field. 

VI.  Caroline  Cunnabell,  who  was  born  on  June  24,  1784.       She 

married  Willaim  Felton. 

VII.  Rebecca  Cunnabell,  who  was  born  on  July  22,  1787.       She 
died  on  August  17,  1800,  from  drinking  milk  after  eating- 
choke  cherries. 

EUNICE  CUNNABELL,  daughter  of  Samuel,  who  was  the  son 
of  Samuel,  who  was  the  son  of  Samuel,  who  was  the  son  of  John, 
was  born  in  Bernardston,  Mass.,  on  January  2~,  1774.  She  married 
on  November  19,  1793,  Dr.  Simon  Stevens,  of  Guilford,  Vt,  where  she 
died  November  30,  1797.  Dr.  Simon  Stevens  was  the  son  of, 

JOSEPH  STEVEN'S,  who  was  born  about   1728  in  Petersham, 
Mass.,  and  died  about  1771.  He  married  Dolly  Sawyer,  who  was  born 
about  1730.       She  died  some  years  before  her  husband.       They  had: 
I.     Lemuel  Stevens,  \\ho  was  born  about  1750.       He  removed  to 
Stukely,  Canada,  when  his  children  were  young.  He  mar- 
ried on  ( "ctober  30.   1773.       His  children  were: 

I.     Arteir.as  Stevens,  \vlij  was  born  on  December  12,  1774 
He  married  Nellie,  and  they  had : 

i.  Simon  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  November  17. 
1808. 

ii.  Nathaniel  P.  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  July  23, 
1810.  He  resided  ten  miles  from  Knowlton 
Lower  Canada.  He  married  Sophia  Richard- 
son, who  was  born  on  March  24,  1813. 

iii.     Wing  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  April  26,  1812. 


2IO  THE    STEVENS    C.EXEAI.OC.  i'. 

iv.     Lemuel    Stevens,    \vlio   was   born   on   October    17, 
1814.       He  married  and  bad  : 

(1)  Roderic  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  March 
or  May  4,  1834. 

(2)  Isabella  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  July    i, 
1836. 

(  3  )      Kdwin   Rnthven  Stevens,  who  was  born  on 

July  24,  1838. 
(4)      Lemuel    Heiiion   Stevens,  who  was  born  or, 

<  Vtober  1  1,  1841. 
15)      Marietta    Stevens,   v.  ho   was  born  on    June 

8,  1845. 
(M      Amelia   Stevens,   \\lio  was  born   on   August 

1847. 

Amanda  Stevens,  \\lio  \vas  1>orn  on  August 
2(  .    1^47  and  who  was  a  twin  of  Amelia. 

v.      Annie   Stevens,   who   was   born   on    Xovember   28. 

1816  at  Stukely.  Canada." 

vi.      Polly  Stevens,  who  was  horn  on  August  23.  1818. 
vii.     (  iardner  Stevens,  who  was  l:<>rn  on   Kebruary  28, 

1821.       He  was  Mayor  of  the  flourishing  city  of 

\\  aterloo,  Sheffield. 

viii.     Joseph  Stevens,  who  was  born  in  1823. 
ix.      Albert  Steven--.  \vho  was  horn  in  1825. 

2.  (iardner  Stevens,  who  was  born  about   17/6.       He  re- 

sided    at    Minneapolis    and   is    said    to   have   built   the 
first  substantial  bouse  there. 

3.  Simon  Stevens,  who  was  born  about    17; 

4.  Thomas   Stevens,   who  was  born  about   1780. 

5.  Doll}'  Stevens,  who  \\-as  h«  »rn  about   1800.       She  mar- 
ried Mr.  Sykes  and  had  several  children,  among  them 


i.     A    daughter, 

ii.     Dolly    Sykes.   who   married   Lyman    l>arne>. 

Anna  Stevens,  who  was  born  about   1802.       She  mar- 
ried but  left  no  children. 


BARNARD  FIELD  STEVENS  AND  SARAH  CUSHMAN   FIELD 
He  was  the  Brother  of  Minerva  Althea  Field  Stevens 


THE    ANCESTRAL    LINE    OF    DR.    ELVIRA    STEVENS    BARNEY.  213 

7.  Polly  Stevens,  who  was  born  about  1804,  died  young 
and  was  never  married. 

II.  Gardner  Stevens,  who  was  born  about  1752.       He  married 

and  hafcl  two  sons,  one  of  whom  moved  to  Vermont. 

III.  Cyprian   Stevens,   who   was  born   about    1753   went  to  the 

state  of  Maine  and  settled  there.  His  wife  was  the  eldest 
daughter  of  Daniel  Greenlief,  a  former  pupil  of  Dr.  Simon 
Stevens. 

IV.  John   Stevens,  who  was  born  about   1755. 

V.  Thomas  Stevens,  who  was  born  about   1757,  and  who  died 

while  he  was  a  young  man.       He  never  married. 

VI.  Simon  Stevens,  who  was  born  about  1759.       He  died  in  in- 

fancy. 

VII.  Dr.   Simon   Stevens,   who   was  born   about    1760,   was   the 
second   son  of  that  name.        He  settled  in  Guilford,   Yt.. 
about  1780,  and  was  the  first  physician  there.       He -died 
there  on  August  15,  1824.       He  married  three  times,  first, 
Lois  Willarcl,   second,   Eunice   Cunnabell,   and,   third.   Su- 
sannah Greenlief.       By  his  first  wife,  Lois  Willard,  iu  had 
three  children  : 

I.  Simon  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  February  13,  1787, 
at  Guilford,  Windham  Co.,  Yt.  He  married  in  Jan- 
uary 1811,  Clarissa  Hyde,  who  was  born  on  May  20, 
1787  at  Guilford.  She  died  on  October  i,  1852  and 
was  buried  at  Moira,  Franklin  Co.,  X.  V.  She 
was  the  daughter  of  Dana  Hyde,  M.  D.,  one  of  the 
earliest  town  physicians,  and  Lucy  Fitch  of  Vt.  Si- 
mon Stevens  died  in  July,  1852,  at  Moira.  He  was  a 
farmer  and  a  teacher.  They  had  : 

i.  Dana  Hyde  Stevens,  M.  D.,  who  was  born  on  Oc- 
tober 7,  1811,  at  Whittingham,  Yt.,  and  was  a 
twin.  He  married  Mary  W.  Safford,  who  was 
born  on  August  8,  1808,  at  Fnosburg.  She  was 
the  fifth  of  seven  children  of  whom  five  were 
girls.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Chellis  Safford 
of  Enosburg,  one  of  the  pioneer  settlers  in  that 
locality.  Dana  Hyde  Stevens  was  a  physician 
at  Moira  and  graduated  at  Pittsfield,  Mass..  in 
lie  passed  his  early  years  at  home  on  the 


214  THE   STEVENS   GENEALOGY. 


paternal  farm  and  in  obtaining  an  education.       At 
the  age  of  nineteen  he  commenced  the   study  of 
medicine    with    Dr.    Brown   of    Dunham,    P.    O.. 
having  saved  money  enough  from  such  s.nall  em- 
ployments as  he  could  find  to  enable  him  to  un- 
dertake his  professional   studies.       He   remained 
with  Dr.  Brown  for  one  year  and  then  removed 
to  Guilford,  Yt.,  and  pursued  his  studies  with  hi> 
uncle  Dr.  Benjamin  Stevens  of  that  place.       l~n- 
der  his  tuition   he  prepared  himself   for  the  lec- 
ture courses  which  he  enjoyed  at  \Yo  ul^toek  an  1 
at    the    Berkshire    Medical    College    of    Pittsfield. 
Mass.,   at   the   latter  of   which   institutions   he   fi- 
nally graduated  with  honor.       Dr.  Stevens  at  first 
commenced  practice  in  connection  with  his  uncle 
in  Guilford.  Yt.       In  May  1837  he  removed  to  the 
town   of    Moira.   Franklin   Co..   X.   Y..   where   he 
entered   upon   the   practice   of   his  profession   :in  1 
\\here  he  became  one  of  the  most   popular  and 
successful    physicians    in    the    country.        After    a 
practice  of  thirteen  years   and   while   still   in   the 
midst    of   his    usefulness   he    was   taken    suddenly 
ill   and   after  a    sickness   of  only   three   days   he 
died  on  (  Vtober  n,  1850.  His  death  was  greatly 
lamented  by  the  community*  in  which  he  resided 
and  of  which   he  had  proven  so  useful  and  hon- 
ored  a   member.        He   was   always    foremost    in 
good  works,  active,  progressive,  intelligent,  upright 
and  just.        He  took  a  great  interest  in  public 
affairs  and  sympathized  with  any  movement  tend- 
ing to  promote  the  temporal  welfare  of  the  peo- 
ple of  the  section  in   which  he  lived.       He  was 
school  commissioner  of  Moira  for  four  years  and 
justice  of  the  peace  for  several  years.       He  was 
largely  influential  in  getting  the  Ogdensburg  and 
Lake    Champlain    Railroad   brought   to   the   town 
and  a  few  days  before  he  died  took  part  in  the 
opening  trip  on  the  road.  He  assisted  in  the  erec- 
tion  of   the   Congregational   Church   and   though 
not  a  member  was  a  regular  attendant  upon  its 


DR.  BENJAMIN  WILLARD  STEVENS, 
Of  Guilford,  Vermont. 


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services.  The  last  account  we  have  of  his  wife, 
she  was  living,  at  the  age  seventy-one.  Thev 
had : 

1 i )  Henry  Hobart   Stevens,  who  was  born  on 
August  25,  1838,  at  Moira.      He  died  on  No- 
vember 29,  1863. 

(2)  Charles  Bell  Stevens,  M.  D.,  who  was  born 
at  Moira,  on  April  29,  1840,  and  who  die'd  on 
October    31,    1871.        He    was    a   physician, 
lawyer  and  editor  of  the  "Buffalo  Reflex' 

of  Buffalo,  Dallas  Co.,  Mo. 

(3)  Frances  A.  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  March 
22,  1842,  at  Moira.       She  married  Philip  A. 
Pierce  of  Aurora,  111. 

(4)  Mary  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  March  5. 
1848,  and  who  died  on  March  3,  1871. 

(5)  Horace   Mann   Stevens,   who  was  born   on 
February  2,   1850.       He  was  a  merchant  of 
the  firm  of  "Stevens  and  Rozen." 

ii.  Lucy  Fitch  Stevens,  who  was  the  twin  sister  of 
Dana  Hyde  Stevens.  She  was  born  on  October 
7,  1811  at  Whittingham,  Vt.  She  married,  first, 
Proctor  W.  Pierce  of  Moira.  He  resided  and 
died  at  Moira  and  was  the  son  of  Hyrum  Pierce 
and  Sarah  Potter  of  that  place.  He  was  a  rail- 
road station  manager  and  justice  of  the  peace. 
They  had : 

1 i )  Sarah  C.  Pierce,  who  was  born  on  April  20, 
1845,   an(l  wno   married   Austin   L.    Fassett. 
He  was  born  on  January  7,   1837. 

(2)  Frank  W.  Pierce,  who  was  born  on  Novem- 
ber 24,   1852,  married  on  October   14,   1879, 
Nettie  Flughes.       He  was  a  hardware  mer- 
chant.      They  had : 

a.     Cady  Hughes  Pierce,  who  was  born  on 

September  16,   1881. 

Lucy  Fitch  Stevens,  married,  second,  in  May  1865, 
Samuel  Manning,  a  native  of  Connecticut.  He 


2 1 8  THE   STEVENS    GENEALOGY. 

came  to  Xe\v  York  in  his  early  youth  and  was 
for  many  years  a  justice  of  the  peace  in  Moira.  She 
died  on  February  3,  1892.  She  had  one  daugh- 
ter by  her  husband  Samuel  Manning,  as  follows: 

(3)  Gertrude  H.  Manning,  who  was  born  about 
1866. 

iii.  Lois  \Villard  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  January 
15.  1814.  and  who  died  in  September,  1815. 

iv.  George  Henry  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  April 
28,  1810.  at  Whiting,  Yt.  He  married,  first.  Al- 
mira  Wilson,  who  was  born  on  May  24,  1817,  at 
Bangor.  Franklin  Co.,  X.  Y.  She  died  on 
March  23,  18/7,  at  Malone,  Franklin  Co.,  X.  Y.. 
and  was  buried  there.  She  was  the  daughter 
of  Samuel  Wilson  and  Miss  Uarnum.  He  mar- 
ried, >econd.  in  i87«>.  Mrs.  Mary  Colton  of  Ma- 
lone.  He  was  justice  of  the  peace.  He  had: 

(  i  i  Abbie  Slovens,  who  was  born  on  July  22, 
iS4o.  and  who  married  Charles  Adams  in 
1865.  She  died  in  1866. 

(2)  Clinton  Stevens,  who  \\a>  born  on  August 
12.  1850.  and  who  married  Fanny  Wilcox  on 
November  27,  [877. 

i  3  i  Florence  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  August 
8,  1853.  She  married  Lamartine  F.  Ben- 
nington,  an  editor,  and  deputy  superintendent 
of  public  instruction  for  the  State  of  Xew 
York.  He  died  at  Bangor.  X.  Y..  in  1885. 
He  was  born  at  Malone,  X'.  Y. 

v.  Simon  D wight  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  Septem- 
ber 14,  1818.  He  married  first.  <  ieannette  Si- 
mons in  1842.  She  died  in  1845.  They  had: 

i  i  )  Geannette  Stevens, who  was  born  on  Septem- 
ber 13,  1845.  $ne  was  a  teacher  of  a  high 
school  in  the  Argentine  Republic  of  South 
America. 

Simon    Dwight    Stevens,    married.    >econd,    Susan 


AMELIA  ALTHEA  STEVENS, 
Sister  of  the  Author. 


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Berdick,  in  February,   1847.       They  had: 

(2)  William  Cullen  Stevens,  who  was  born  in 
August,   1849.       He  married  Ella  Webster. 
He  was  a  merchant  of  Malone. 

(3)  Ellen  Stevens,  who  was  born  in  1850.      She 
married  Frank  Simons,  who  was  a  merchant 
of  Malone. 

(4)  Halbert  Stevens,  who  was  born  in  1862,  and 
who  married  Minnie  Miller.      He  graduated 
at  Albany  as  a  lawyer. 

(5)  Clara  Stevens,  who  was  born  in  1865. 

(6)  A  child,  who  died  in  infancy. 

vi.  Lois  Willard  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  March 
15,  1822,  at  Dunham,  P.  Q.,  Canada.  She  mar- 
ried on  December  25,  1851,  at  Moira,  Darius 
Watts  Lawrence,  who  was  born  on  February  18, 
1820,  at  Moira,  Franklin  Co.,  N.  Y.  He  was  the 
son  of  Oren  Lawrence  and  Sally  Barnum.  He 
resided  at  Malone,  Franklin  Co.,  N.  Y.,  where 
he  was  a  bank  president.  He  was  also  a  merchant 
there  at  one  time.  He  represented  his  district  in 
the  Assembly  at  Albany.  They  had : 

1 i )  Sarah  Lawrence,  who  was  born  on  January 
14,    1853.        In    1872    she   married   John    L. 
Spann. 

(2)  Jennie  C.  Lawrence,  who  was  born  on  May 
21,  1855.     She  married  on  September  5,  1876, 
William  King. 

(3)  Edward  Watts  Lawrence,  who  was  born  on 
June  7,   1857,  and  who  married  on  October 
14,   1880,  Minnie  Webster. 

(4)  Oren  Lawrence,  who  was  born  on  April  26, 
1860.        He    married    on    October   21,    1880, 
Sadie  Willard. 

vii.  Louisa  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  September  14, 
1824.  She  married  in  December,  1843,  Charles 
Wesley  Pierce,  who  was  a  cousin  of  Proctor 
Pierce.  Charles  Wesley  Pierce  was  the  son  of 


THE    STEVENS    GENEALOGY. 

Jason  Pierce  and  Sally  Tilden,  formerly  of  Moira. 
They  had : 

(  i  )  Lucy  Pierce,  who  was  born  on  November 
5.  1844,  and  who  married  Homer  Pagv  in 
1860. 

i  2  )  Newton  Pierce,  who  was  born  in  1846.  He 
died  in  1865. 

(31      Harriet  Pierce,  who  was  born  in   1848. 

(4)  Clara  Pierce,  who  was  born  in  184* ;.  Stu- 
died in  1865. 

5  Dana  Pierce,  who  was  born  in  December, 
1852.  and  who  died  in  1855. 

(6)      Ida  Pierce,  who  was  born  in  1854. 
7  i      Nason   Pierce,  who  was  born  in    i85<;.  and 
who  died  in  1865. 

(8)  Jennie  Pierce  who  was  born  in  1862.  She 
married  Charles  Higgs  in  1885. 

viii.  P>aker  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  February  22. 
1827.  He  married  Laura  Dickey  of  Constable. 
N.  V.  He  was  a  merchant  at  Malone. 

ix.     Clinton   Stevens,   who   was   born     on     April     9, 
1830,  and  who  married  Sabra  Lawrence  on  De- 
cember   17,    1856   at    Moira.        He    was    a    twin 
They  had: 

i  i  )      Carrie  Stevens,  who  was  born  in    ; 
<2)      Kdward  Stevens,  who  was  born  in  18^7. 
(3)      Robert  Stevens,  who  was  born  in    1871. 

x.  Clarissa  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  April  9.  1830, 
in  Dunham,  Lower  Canada  and  resided  in  Moira. 
She  married  on  September  12,  1848,  Nason  Cass 
Bowen.  Clarissa  Stevens  and  Clinton  Stevens 
were  twins.  She  died  on  May  15,  1858.  They 
had : 

(i)  George  M.  Bowen,  who  was  born  on  No- 
vember 30,  1849.  He  was  a  hardware 
merchant  in  Moira.  He  married  Luella 
Sherman  and  resided  in  Washington  Terri- 
tory for  five  years.  In  1893  they  resided  in 
.den.  Utah.  They  had : 


THE    ANCESTRAL    LINE    OF    DR.    ELVIRA    STEVENS    BARNEY.  223 

a.  George  Sherman  Bowen, 

b.  Edith  Bowen, 

c.  Clara  Jeanette  Bowen. 

(2)  Clara  Louise  Bowen,  who  was  born  on  Oct. 
13,  1853  at  Moira.  She  married  on  July  31, 
1873,  Melvin  B.  Sowles  and  resided  at  Salt 
Lake  City,  Utah,  where  all  but  the  first  of 
their  children  were  born.  They  had : 

a.  Arthur  N.  Sowles,  who  was  born  on  May 

i,  1874,  at  Kansas  City.  He  died  on  June 
15.  1879. 

b.  Mira  Sowles,  who  was  born  on  January 

15,    1878.        She  graduated   in   1895,   at 
the  high  school. 

c.  Melvin  H.  Sowles,  who  was  born  on  April 

1 8,  1882,  and  who  married  and  had  two 

children. 
(1.     Lewis  William  Sowles,  who  was  born  on 

April  ic,   1884. 
c.     U:iru   Sowles,  who  was  born  on  March 

23,  1888. 
f.     Ruth     Lois     Sowles,  who  was  born  on 

March  12,  1894. 

(3)  Harriet  Ann  Bowen,  who  was  born  on  Jan- 
uary 9,   1855,  and  who  died  on  August   18, 

1855- 

(4)  Baker     Stevens     Bowen,     who     was     born 
on  March  12,  1858.       He  was  a  twin.       He 
resided  at  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 

(5)  Barney  William  Bowen,  who  was  born  on 
March  12,  1858,  and  who  died  when  he  was 
nine  days  old.       He  was  a  twin  to  Baker. 

Xason  Cass  Bowen,  married,  second,  on  May  10. 
1859,  Nancy  S.  Chandler.  She  died  on  February  3. 
1884.  They  had: 

(6)  Charles    Oscar    Bowen,    who   was   born   on 
December    16,    1864.        He    resided   in   Iowa 
and  was  a  merchant. 


T  1 1  !•;  s  T  E  v  i-:  x  s  c,  E  x  E  A  LOGY  . 

(7)  .Minnie  L.  Bowen,  who  was  born  on  Janu- 
ary  14,   1867,    and  who  died  on  September 

30,  1867. 

(8)  Freddie  C.  Bowen,  who  was  born  on  Octo- 
ber 21,  1868.  and  who  died  on  September  6, 

1869.- 

(9)  Jessie  I.  Bowen.  who  was  born  on  August 

31,  1870. 

(  10)      Alice  L.  Bowen,  \vlio  was  born  on  October 

13.  '872. 

(ii)      Lewis  Cass  Bowen,  who  was  born  on  Feb- 
ruary 8,  1874. 

xi.  Ann  Oapp  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  December 
2i.  1832.  She  was  probably  named  for  her 
uncle  Cyprian's  wife.  She  married  Rollin  Reed, 
who  was  the  son  of  Rev.  T.  B.  Reed,  former!/ 
of  Yt.  At  one  time  he  was  a  teacher  in  Prescott 
\Vis..  and  also  a  school  commissioner.  They  hud  : 

(1)  Altie  Reed,  who  was  born  in  1857. 

(2)  Myron  Reed,  who  was  born  in   1862. 

2.  Dr.  Benjamin  \Yillard  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  Jan- 
uary i,  1789.  resided  at  Guilford,  Yt.  He  married, 
first.  Maria  Houghton,  who  was  born  on  February 
_x.  1705.  She  died  on  August  12.  1825.  She  ha  1 
six  children.  He  married,  second,  Lydia  Henry,  the 
sister  of  Edward  Henry,  who  married  Eliza  A.  Stev- 
ens, the  daughter  of  Susannah  Greenlief  and  Dr.  Si- 
mon Stevens.  Lydia  Henry  had  but  one  child,  Lydia 
Henry  Stevens,  who  died  in  infancy. 
Dr.  Benjamin  Willard  Stevens,  by  his  first  wife,  Mari  ; 
Houghton.  had  children,  as  follows  : 

i.  Darwin  Houghton  Stevens,  who  was  born  o'.i 
March  3.  1814.  at  Guilford,  Yt..  and  resided  a; 
Athol,  Mass.  He  married  at  Dana.  Mass.,  on 
May  14.  1842,  Harriet  Andrews,  who  was  born 
on  October  4.  1817.  at  Stockridge.  Mass.  She 
was  the  daughter  of  Elijah  Andrews  and  Mary 


PHILIP  B.  LEWIS, 
Husband  of  Jane  Amanda  Stevens 


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Ann  Stone  of  that  place.       They  had : 

(1)  Mary  Elizabeth  Stevens,  who  was  born  on 
August  19,  1844,  at  Guilford,  Vt.      She  mar- 
ried Addison  M.  Sawyer. 

(2)  Ambrose    Cyprian   Stevens,   who   was   born 
on  December  27,  1(848,  at  Guilford,  Vt.,  and 
who  died  on  October  25,  1870,  at  Davenport, 
Iowa. 

(3)  Florence   Eugenie    Stevens,   who   was  born 
on    August    14,    1856,    at    Davenport,    Iowa. 
She  died  on  August  9,  1857. 

ii.  Edward  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  March  IT>I 
1815,  and  who  died  on  March  23,  1816. 

iii.  Edwin  Willard  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  March 
15,  1817,  at  Guilford  Center,  Vt.  He  married  at 
Shelburne  Ealls,  Mass.,  on  April  26,  1846,  Betsy 
A.  Fisk,  who  was  born  on  July  23,  1822.  She  was 
the  daughter  of  Daniel  Fisk.  She  died  on  Jan- 
uary 12,  1853. 

iv.  Miranda  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  July  8,  1819, 
and  who  died  on  May  23,  1894. 

v.  Simon  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  July  13,  1822, 
at  Guilford,  Vt.  On  May  19,  1853,  he  married 
Mary  Electa  Davis,  at  Peru,  Vt.  She  was 

born  on  August  16,  1835,  at  Ludlow,  Vt.,  and  was 
the  daughter  of  Isaac  Davis  and  Polly  Pyper  of 
Landgrove,  Vt.  Simon  Stevens  died  on  Jan- 
uary n,  1892.  They  had: 

(1)  Benjamin  Willard   Stevens,  who  was  born 
on    November   8,    1854   at    Shelburne    Falls, 
Mass. 

(2)  Maria  Houghton  Stevens,  who  was  born  on 
( )ctober  31,  1856. 

(3)  Edwin   Henry   Stevens,   who   was   born   or. 
March  2,   1861. 

vi.  Mariah  Electa  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  March 
30,  1825,  at  Guilford,  Vt.  She  married  at  Guil- 


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Til  K    STEVKX S    C,E X  EALOGV. 

ford  on  July  30,  1844,  Dr.  Sanford  Elisha  Plumb, 
"a  practicing  physician,  who  was  born  on  March 
28,  1823.  at  Halifax,  Yt.  He  died  on  May  9, 
1862,  at  Otisville,  X.  Y.  She  followed  his  pro- 
fession the  rest  of  her  life  after  his  death.  She 
died  at  Xew  Yernon,  Orange  Co.,  N.  Y.  They 
had : 

(i)  Dr.  Charles  S.  Plumb,  who  was  born  on 
December  25.  1.^47.  at  Halifax,  Yt.  He 
married  Syren  a  I>ovd  of  Red  Bank,  X.  Y. 
He  died  on  April  25,  1881,  at  New  York 
City.  His  obituary,  published  in  the  "Mid- 
dletown  Daily  Argus,"  says :  "He  studied 
medicine  with  Drs.  Law  and  Boyd  of  New 
Y<  >rk  City,  and  was  a  graduate  of  the  Uni- 
versity Medical  College  and  of  the  College 
of  Pharmacy.  He  had  a  large,  lucrative 
practice  and  endeared  himself  to  his  patients 
and  friends  by  his  kind  and  affable 
manner  and  strict  integrity  of  character. 
The  typhoid  fever  of  which  he  died  was  con- 
tracted in  the  discharge  of  his  professional 
dutic-."  I  le  had  : 

a.     Tracy    Iloyd    Plumb,    who   was   born    on 
September  4,  1875.  at  Re(i  Bank. 

Ida  Plumb,  who  was  born  on  July  7,  1855, 
at  (  )tisville,  X.  Y..  and  who  married  George 
Graham  of  Xew  Yernon.  X.  Y.  They  had: 

a.  lessk  Plumb  Graham,  who  was  born  or. 
August  27,  1 88 1. 

b.  Millie   Lua   (iraham.   who   was   born   on 

July  19,  1883,  and  who  died  on  Novem- 
ber 27,  1884. 

c.  Mary  Emma  Graham,  who  was  born  on 

April  24.  1886. 

Cyprian  Henry   Stevens,  who  married   Ann   Clapp  of 


JANE  AMANDA  STEVENS, 
Who  Married  Philip  B.  Lewis 


THE    ANCESTRAL    LINE    OF    DR.    ELVIRA    STEVENS    BARNEY.       23! 

Westminster,  Vt.,  and  removed  to  Michigan  where  he 
died  young,  about  1825.  She  is  said  to  have  lived  to 
about  1874.  She  was  an  aunt  to  the  Willards,  a  love- 
ly woman  who  kept  the  Willard  Hotel  at  Washington. 
His  cousin,  William,  who  was  the  son  of  Polly  Stevens 
and  Joseph  Baker,  married  Harriet  Clapp. 

4.  Samuel  Cunnabell  Stevens,  wrho  was  the  son  of  Dr. 
Simon  Stevens  and  his  second  wife,  Eunice  Cunna- 
bell, was  born  on  October  19,  1794,  in  Guilford,  Wind- 
ham  Co.,  Vt.  He  was  married  on  April  3,  1824,  by 
Rev.  F.  J.  Rogers,  of  Bernardston,  to  Minerva  Althea 
Field,  who  was  born  on  October  26,  1803,  at  Bernards- 
'  ton.  Franklin  Co.,  Mass.  In  the  spring  of  1829  they 
removed  to  Gerry,  Chautauqua  Co.,  N.  Y.  In  the 
summer  of  1843,  ne  anc^  ms  oldest  daughter,  Jane, 
were  baptized  into  the  Church  of  Jesus  Christ  of  Lat- 
ter-day Saints  by  Elder  Wade.  One  week  afterwards 
his  wife,  Minerva,  was  baptized  by  Elder  Joshua  Hoi- 
man.  In  the  spring  of  1844  ms  two  eldest  children 
went  to  Nauvoo,  Hancock  Co.,  111.  Mr.  Stevens  with 
the  balance  of  his  family  left  his  home  on  March  3, 
1^45,  and  arrived  at  Nauvoo,  on  July  20,  1845,  nav~ 
ing  traveled  down  the  Ohio  and  up  the  Mississippi 
rivers.  Being  detained  on  the  road  and  reaching  the 
hot  climate  at  the  mouth  of  the  Ohio  with  the  fatigue 
of  the  journey  and  the  excessive  heat,  Mrs.  Stevens 
was  prostrated  with  fever  and  in  changing  boats  at 
St.  Louis,  was  unable  to  do  so  without  aid.  The  new 
country  in  which  Nauvoo  was  located  was  very  un- 
healthy at  first  and  the  family  suffered  from  its  ef- 
fects. 

Mr.  Stevens  was  ordained  an  Elder  on  August  10, 
1845,  by  Elder  Baker.  He  rented  a  house  on  the  cor- 
ner of  Warsaw  and  Ripley  streets  but  they  were  there 
only  a  short  time  when  they  were  all  taken  sick  with 
the  dysentery.  Mr.  Stevens  died  at  eight  o'clock  in 
the  morning  on  October  4,  1845,  having  been  sick  and 
confined  to  his  bed  for  twelve  days  with  typhoid  fever. 
He  slept  himself  away  and  was  insensible  from  the 
first.  His  wife,  Minerva  Althea  Field  Stevens,  fol- 


232  THE   STEVENS   GENEALOGY. 

lowed  him  on  January  6,  1846,  and  \vas  buried  by  his 
>ide  on  Parley  street.  This  was  at  the  time  of  the 
expulsion  of  the  people  from  that  place.  -While  she 
was  preparing  for  the  exit,  parching-  corn  to  meet  emer- 
gencies, she  took  cold  and  after  a  sickness  of  four 
weeks  left  her  family  of  five  to  face  the  cold  and 
stubborn  facts  of  life  alone. 

Mr.  Stevens  was  beloved  by  all  of  his  half  broth- 
ers and  sisters.  Both  he  and  his  wife  taught  school 
before  they  were  married.  She  commenced  tailor- 
ing with  her  widowed  mother  at  ten  years 
of  age.  Specimens  of  her  painting  and  her  penman- 
ship and  needle  work  are  still  preserved  among  her 
children  After  her  marriage  she  felt  a  pride  in  dress- 
ing in  her  home  knit  silk  stockings  and  of  exhibiting 
her  home  spun  and  woven  linen  towels,  her  own  earned 
and  self-made  silk  dresses  and  her  heavily  embroidered 
white  ones.  Her  life  in  after  years  became  more 
domesticated  and  she  was  called  a  fine  cook.  She. 
pulled  sorrel  to  set  the  logwood  dye  to  color  the  wool 
that  she  carded  and  spun  and  when  she  had  completed 
the  tailoring,  a  neighbor  said  to  her,  ''Mrs.  Stevens 
where  does  your  husband  get  such  good  fitting  broad- 
cloth suits?"  Her  answer  was:  "My  husband  has  not 
worn  other  than  my  own  manufacture  these  twenty 
years." 

She  showed  to  the  writer  a  little  book  wherein 
she  kept  an  account  of  her  earnings  at  tailoring.  In 
fifteen  years  she  had  by  the  needle  earned,  in  those 
days  of  hard  times  in  a  new  country,  $500.00  besides 
being  a  mother  of  eight  children.  She  was  fond  of 
raising  chickens  and  geese.  She  made  her  own  feath- 
er beds,  quilts,  rugs  and  counterpanes,  mittens,  stock- 
ings and  straw  hats,  shawls  and  flannel  dresses. 

Mr.  Stevens  had  disabilities  which  unfitted  him 
for  some  laborious  work.  He  met  with  reverses  in 
his  early  married  life,  when  he  was  a  merchant. 
He  had  procured  means  to  purchase  more  goods  and 
his  partner,  Mr.  Warren,  his  cousin,  stole  the  means 
and  left  the  country.  He  then  had  to  assume  bot1; 


THE    ANCESTRAL    LINE    OF    DR.    ELVIRA    STEVENS    BARNEY.       233 

their  debts  as  that  was  then  the  law.  But  by  the 
aid  of  a  friend  he  settled  all  accounts  and  it  left  him 
penniless.  His  daughter,  Amelia,  once  said :  "One 
cause  of  father's  failure  was,  his  endorsing  notes  for 
other  people,  which  was  then  very  customary.  He 
obtained  through  a  lawsuit,  $1,500.00,  and  the  very 
day  he  received  .it,  these  notes  were  brought  against 
him  and  the  lawyers  took  every  cent  of  it."  Through 
these  combined  circumstances  the  hopes  and  ambitions 
of  the  young  people  were  nearly  broken  to  the  extent 
that  they  left  their  friends,  parents  and  grandparents 
to  make  a  new  home  in  the  West,  arriving  in  the  little 
town  of  Gerry,  Chautauqua  Co.,  N.  Y.,  in  1829.  Here 
he  borrowed  money  of  an  acquaintance  who  had  pre- 
ceded them,  to  buy  a  cow. 

During  the  preceding  five  years  they  had  become 
the  parents  of  four  children.       They  had : 

i.  Rollin  Stevens,  who  died  on  May  5,  1827,  at  the  age 
of  two  years  and  two  months  and  fifteen  days. 
He  was  a  twin.  Rollin  died  of  whooping-cough. 
The  other  twin  was  : 

ii.  Carlos  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  February  3, 
1825,  at  Guilford  \Yindham  Co.,  Vt.  He  went 
to  Nauvoo,  111.,  in  1844,  with  his  sister,  Jane,  and 
learned  and  worked  at  the  mason's  trade  until 
November  i,  1845,  He  married  Belinda  El- 
dredge,  who  was  born  on  May  27,  1834,  at  New 
York.  They  resided  there  on  a  farm  in  1864, 
and  built  a  residence  in  Yorkville,  Kendall  Co., 
where  they  lived  for  the  purpose  of  educating 
their  girls.  He  then  moved,  in  1875,  to  Tioga, 
Mahaska  Co.,  Iowa,  and  purchased  land  which 
he  divided  into  four  sections  for  himself  and  three 
daughters.  He  died  about  1900,  and  was  buried 
at  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah.  They  had: 

(i)  Amelia  Minerva  Stevens,  who  was  born  on 
August  4,  1855,  on  the  farm  in  111.  She 
married  Clarence  Almarine  Howell,  who  wa.i 


-'34  TIIK   STEVEN'S    C.ENEALOUY. 


born   on   Nov.   8,    1854   in   Winterset,   Iowa. 
They  had : 

a.     Walter      Carlos      Howell,      who      was 
born  on  March  5,   1880. 

b.  Jesse     Ross     Howell,     who     was     born 
on   July    15,    1 88 1. 

c.  Bennie  Curtis  Howell,  who  was  born  on 

May   18.   1883. 

d.  Stevens  Cunnabell  Howell,  who  was  born 
on  April  13,  1885. 

e.  Leah    Althea     Howell,     who    was    born 

on  January  17,  1890. 

f.  Emma     Jane     Howell,     who     was     born 

on  October  31,   1892. 

g.  Barnard  Field  Howell. 

(2)  Warren   Field    Stevens,    who   was   born   on 
February   16,  1859.       He  died  when  he  was 
fifteen  days  old  and  was  buried  in  the  Gris- 
wold  burial  grounds. 

(3)  Jane   Leander   Stevens,   who   was   born   on 
April    16.    1860,   in   Kendall   Co.,   111.        She 
married    on   January   8,    18/7.    John    Milton 
Brown,  who  was  born  on  October   i,    1857. 
He  was  the  son  of  Arsemus  Brown  and  Har- 
riet Ward.       Jane  Leander  Stevens  and  her 
husband.  John  Milton  Brown,  had: 

a.  Lula  Brown,  who  was  born  on  October 

20,  1878.     This  child  died  at  birth. 

b.  Claudia  Brown,  who  was  born  on  June 
25,  1882,  at  Rose  Hill,  Iowa. 

c.  Ida  Fay  Brown,  who  was  born  on  Sep- 
tember 24,  1889,  at  Watcheer,  Iowa. 

d.  Elvira  Stevens  Brown,  who  was  born  on 
July  7,  1898,  at  Hooper,  Colo. 

(4)  Ida  Malinda  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  Feb- 
ruary 21,  1862,  in  Kendall  Co.      On  April  30. 
1884.  sne  married  James  Lemuel  Sullivan  in 


PHILIP  BESSUM  LEWIS, 
Son  of  Philip  B.  Lewis 


THE    ANCESTRAL    LINE    OF    DR.    ELVIRA    STEVENS    BARNEY.        237 

Macedona.  They  were  married  by  Mr. 
Evans,  a  pastor  of  the  M.  E.  Church.  After 
their  marriage  they  removed  to  Iowa  on  her 
father's  farm.  They  had : 

a.  Jennie  Naomi  Sullivan,  who  was  born  on 

July  3,  1887,  at  Macedona  and  died  there 
on  June  4,  1888. 

b.  Florence  Sullivan,  who  was  born  on  June 

19,  1890. 

c.  Carlos  Cunnabell  Sullivan,  who  was  born 

March  5,  1892. 

d.  Bessie  Sullivan,  who  was  born  on  Novem- 
ber n,  1894. 

(5)     Eddie  Lewis  Stevens,  who  was  born  about 
1867. 

iii.  Jane  Amanda  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  June  8, 
1826.  She  was  delicate  from  birth  and  at  the 
age  of  sixteen  she  walked  on  crutches  eight- 
een months.  She  married,  first,  Kimball  Bul- 
lock about  March  15,  1846,  at  Nauvoo,  111.  They 
had: 

1 i )  Joseph  Bullock,  who  was  born  on  February 
n,  1847,  and  who  died  on  February  17,  1847, 
at  St.  Joseph,  Mo. 

She  married,  second.  Philip  B.  Lewis,  on  May  n, 
1848,  at  Winter  Quarters,  now  called  Florence, 
Iowa.  He  was  born  on  January  16,  1804,  at 
Marblehead,  Essex  Co.,  Mass.,  and  died  at  Kanab, 
Utah.  Philip  B.  Lewis,  married,  first,  on  June 
27,  1837,  Maria  Theresa  Bonriey,  who  was  born 
on  March  17,  1817,  at  New  Bedford,  Bristol  Co., 
Mass.,  and  who  died  at  Garden  Grove,  Iowa, 
on  June  17,  1846.  Jane  Amanda  Stevens  and  her 
husband,  Philip  B.  Lewis,  had : 

(2)  Philip    Edmond   Lewis,   who   was   born   on 
March  22,  1849.      He  died  on  June  29,  1849, 
and  was  buried  at  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 


238  THE  STKVKXS   GENEALOGY. 


( 3 )  \\~illiam  Henry  Lewis,  who  was  born  on 
June  23,  1850.  He  was  named  for  his  fath- 
er's two  brothers.  He  died  at  Los  Angeles 
on  June  30,  1851,  and  was  buried  by  the  side 
of  his  mother  in  1856,  at  San  Bernardino, 
Cal. 

About  1851,  Philip  B.  Lewis  and  his  wife  left  for  a 
mission  to  the  Hawaiian  Islands.  While  there 
he  purchased  a  tin  shop  and  worked  at  his  trade 
at  times  by  \\hich  he  earned  means  to  aid  the  mis- 
sion in  buying  a  press  to  print  books  in  the  Ha- 
waiian language.  His  wife  aided  him  by  teach- 
ing a  few  pupils  while  she  worked  at  needle  work 
to  earn  their  daily  sustenance,  until  her  health 
so  failed  that  a  change  seemed  necessary.  •  She 
crossed  the  Pacific  Ocean  without  her  husband 
and  arrived  in  San  Francisco  about  Nov.  15,  1854, 
and  spent  some  few  months  with  her  sister,  El- 
vira, in  that  city.  During  the  rainy  season  she 
was  at  Santa  Clara  which  was  not  suited  to  her 
feeble  condition.  She  had  an  opportunity  to  go 
to  San  Bernardino  and  left  on  Saturday  April  27, 
1855,  by  sea.  She  stood  the  journey  well  but 
riding  for  seventy-five  miles  in  a  stage  over  a 
rough  road  in  one  day  after  her  arrival,  prostrated 
her.  She  was  carried  into  the  mountains  twelve 
miles  away  by  her  request  to  obtain  cold  water 
and  fresh  air.  They  built  her  a  little  room  but  the 
change  was  too  invigorating  and  she  died 
August  10,  1855,  at  the  age  twenty-seven  years. 
two  months  and  two  days.  She  was  buried  in 
San  Bernadino,  Cal,.  where  her  son  was  buried  by 
her  side  being  removed  from  Los  Angeles.  Her 
husband  caire  to  San  Bernardino  on  Xov.  17.  1855 
with  a  wagon  and  two  spans  of  mules  enroute  to 
Salt  Lake  City,  where  he  arrived  early  in  the 
spring  of  1857. 

Philip  B.  Lewis,  married,  third,  early  in  the 
winter  of  1858,  Mrs.  Mary  Scott,  who  was  born 
on  October  29,  1817,  at  New  Bedford.  She  had 


THE    ANCESTRAL    LINE    OF    DR.    ELVIRA    STEVENS    BARNEY.          239 

a  son  five  years  old.  They  removed  to  St. 
George,  Utah,  and  then  to  Kanab,  Kane  Co.,  Utah. 
She  died  there  on  November  14,  1875.  He  mar- 
ried, fourth,  Emily  Lewis,  who  was  the  daughter 
of  James  and  Emily  Lewis,  of  Kanab,  Utah.  She 
had  one  daughter  by  her  previous  husband.  This 
daughter,  Edith,  was  born  on  September  5,  1873, 
at  Provo  City,  Utah.  Philip  B.  Lewis,  had  by 
his  wife,  Emily : 

( i )  Philip  Bessum  Lewis,  who  was  born  on 
February  28,  1877,  his  father  being  seventy- 
three  years  of  age  at  the  time  of  his  son  Phil- 
ip Bessum's  birth. 

On  Nov.  13,  1879,  Philip  B.  Lewis,  died  at  the  age 
of  seventy-four,  years,  from  an  attack  of  bilious  fe- 
ver. He  was  active  and  energetic  as  a  young 
man.  He  was  a  noble  worker  and  an  honest  man 
and  was  loved  by  all  who  knew  him.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  Church  of  Jesus  Christ  of  Latter- 
day  Saints  for  forty  years.  In  the  early  days 
of  the  church  he  was  ordained  a  seventy,  was 
president  of  the  branch  where  he  resided  in  Massa- 
chusetts, was  chosen  as  one  of  the  Council  of  Fifty 
in  Nauvoo,  111.,  was  president  of  the  Sandwich 
Island  mission  and  before  his  death  was  ordained 
a  Patriarch.  His  son,  Philip  Bessum  Lewis,  was 
taken  to  Salt  Lake  City  by  his  father's  sister-in- 
law,  Dr.  Elvira  S.  Barney,  and  sent  to  school  for 
seven  years  at  which  time,  January  1894,  he  was 
sent  to  live  with  his  kindred  at  Kanab,  Utah,  at  the 
age  af  seventeen. 

iv.  Amelia  Althea  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  May  7, 
1828  at  Guilford,  Windham  Co.,  Vt.  She  mar- 
ried, first,  Jonathan  Crosby  in  the  Temple  at 
Nauvoo,  111.  She  married,  second,  Eugene  Trous- 
lot,  as  second  wife,  as  he  had  been  married  once 
before.  Amelia  Althea  Stevens  and  her  husband 
Eugene  Trotislot  had : 

(i)      Rollin   B.   Trouslot. 


24O  THE   STEVENS    GENEALOGY. 

v.  Barnard  Stevens,  (twin  to  Elvira)  was  born  on 
March  17,  1832,  and  died  on  June  26,  1858.  He 
was  buried  at  Bristol,  Kendall  Co.,  111.  He  was 
re-buried  by  his  twin  sister  at  Salt  Lake  City, 
Utah,  on  September  16,  1895.  He  left  a  wife 
and  a  son  who  resided  at  Monte  Vista,  Colo.,  in 
1901.  He  had  one  child  : 

(i)     Barnard  Field  Stevens. 

vi.  Elvira  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  March  17,  1832, 
was  the  twin  sister  of  Barnard  Stevens.  A  sketck 
of  her  life  follows  as  Part  V.,  of  this  work. 

vii.  Eunice  Stevens,  who  was  born  about  1838-9,  died 
in  infancy,  and  was  buried  on  the  old  farm  near 
Bucklin's  corner  in  the  town  of  Gerry,  Chatitau- 
qua  Co.,  X.  Y. 

viii.  Rollin  Stevens,  who  was  born  in  September  1841 
and  who  died  on  November  8,  1842. 

ix.  Minerva  Stevens,  who  was  born  about  1844,  died 
at  birth. 

5.  Eunice   Stevens,   who   was  a  daughter  of  Dr.   Simon 

Stevens  and  his  second  wife,  Eunice  Cunnabell,  was 
born  about  1796  and  died  about  1799. 

6.  Greenlief   Stevens,    who   was   the   son   of   Dr.    Simon 

Stevens  and  his  third  wife,  Susannah  Greenlief,  He 
died  at  the  age  of  thirty-three  and  was  never  married. 

7.  Eliza  Almeda  Stevens,  who  was  also  the  child  of  the 

third  wife,  was  born  on  August  20,  1806,  at  Guil- 
ford,  Yt.  She  died  on  July  29,  1882.  She  married 
on  April  22,  1835,  Edward  Fish  Henry,  who  was  born 
on  October  23,  1801  at  Heath,  Mass.  In  early  life 
he  was  a  school  teacher  and  for  six  years,  a  farmer. 
He  died  on  October  12,  1874.  They  had: 

i.  Edward  Stevens  Henry,  who  was  born  on  February 
10,  1836,  at  Guilford.  Mass.  He  married,  on 
February  n,  1860.  Lucinda  Elizabeth  Dewey,  who 
was  born  on  January  2h.  iS^j.  She  was  the  daugh- 
ter of  Ansel  Dewey  and  Sarah  Ann  Brown.  They 
had: 
(i)  Maud  Henry,  who  was  born  on  October  19, 


CARLOS  STEVENS, 
Eldest  Brother  of  the  Author 


THE    ANCESTRAL    LIXE    OF    DR.    ELVIRA    STEVENS    BARNEY.        -  243 

1868,  at  Rockville,  Conn.       She  died  on  Oc- 
tober 18,  1875. 

ii.  Abby  Eliza  Henry,  who  was  born  on  December 
5,  1837,  at  Guilford,  Mass.  She  never  married. 

iii.  Esther  Henry,  who  was  born  on  January  8,  1840. 
She  never  married. 

iv.  Catherine  Henry,  who  was  born  on  February  27, 
1842,  at  Guilford,  Mass.  She  married  in  Sep- 
tember 1872,  at  Worcester,  Mass.,  Herbert  David 
Cough,  who  was  born  on  September  2,  1842  in 
England.  They  had : 

(i)      Mary     Louise     (lough,   who  was  born  on 
March  27,  1874  at  AYorcester,  Mass. 

v.  Charles  \Villard  Henry,  who  was  born  on  Novem- 
ber 19.  1844.  at  Greenfield  where  he  died  in  1846. 

vi.  Martha  Frances  Henry,  who  was  born  on  April 
27,  about  1846,  at  Greenfield.  She  married  in 
January,  1876,  Nathan  Fletcher  Peck.  They  had 
no  children. 

8.  Elvira  Eunice  Stevens,  who  was  born  on  February  19, 
1809  at  Guilford,  Yt.,  and  who  died  at  Rochester,  N, 
Y.  on  March  30,  1874.  She  was  a  woman  of  rare 
character  and  wholly  incapable  of  thinking  an  ignoble 
or  unwomanly  thought.  She  was  one  of  the  purest 
and  best  women  ever  known.  She  married  Jeremiah 
Greenlief  and  they  had  : 

i.  Hulbert  Stevens  Greenlief,  who  was  born  on  April 
12,  1827.  He  was  Col.  of  the  52nd  Massachu- 
setts Yol.  in  the  Civil  \Yar. 

ii.  Alary  Greenlief,  who  married  Norman  Root,  died 
in  March  1862,  leaving  an  infant  child  a  few 
months  old. 

iii.      Malcolm  Cyprian  Greenlief 

iv.  Ann  S.  Greenlief,  who  married  Horatio  Selby  of 
Milwaukee.  She  died  there  many  years  ago. 
They  had  : 

M)      Horatio     Greenlief  Selby,   who   had     many 


244  THE   STEVENS   GENEALOGV. 

of  the  Stevens  characteristics. 
(2)      A  daughter. 

v.  Eliza  M.  Greenlief,  who  was  the  only  sister  liv- 
ing- in  1888.  She  never  married  and  resided  at 
Shelbtirne  Falls,  Mass. 

vi.  Thomas  Benton  Greenlief,  who  died  when  he  was 
a  child. 

VIII.  Oliver  Stevens,  who  was  born  about  1762. 

IX.  Eunice  Stevens  .  who  married  Wing  Spooner.       They  had: 

1.  Wing  Spooner,  Jr.,  who  was  born  about  1/84. 

2.  Ruggcls   Spooner,  who  was  born  about   1786. 

3.  Daniel   Sponner.  who  was  born  about   1788. 

4.  Jlannah  Spooner.  who  was  born  about  1790. 

5.  Eunice  Spooner.  who  was  born  about  1/92.       She  mar- 
ried En>tis  Sanders. 

6.  Lojx  Spooner,  who  was  born  about  1/94. 

X.  Damans   Stevens,  who  married  Daniel  Ward.       They  had: 

1.  Daniel   Ward,  who  was  born  about   1786. 

2.  Joseph  Ward,  who  was  born  about  1788. 

3.  William  Ward,  who  was  born  about  1/90. 

4.  Polly  Ward,  who  was  born  about  1792. 

5.  Lucretia  Y\  ard,  who  was  born  about   1794. 

XI.  Polly  Stevens,  who  married  Joseph  Baker  and  removed  to 

Providence.  Canada.       They  had: 

1.  William   Stevens   Baker,  who  married   Harriet  Clapp. 

She  was  lx>rn  about  1790.  He  was  for  some  years 
a  teacher  of  a  high  school  and  at  one  time  a  member 
of  the  Provincial  Parliament. 

2.  John   1  laker,  who  married  Jane  Fraleigh.        She  was 

born  about  1792. 

3.  Stevens  Baker,  who  was  born  about  1790,  married  his 
cousin   Lavina  Barnes.       He  represented  his  District 
in  the  Provincial  Parliament  of  Quebec. 

4.  Edward    Baker,   who   was   born   about    1792,   married 
Eliza  Dunning  of  St.  Armand. 


CLAUDIA  BROWN  AND  HUSBAND 
The  Daughter  of  Jane  Leander  Stevens   Erown 


TIIK    . \XCKSTRAL    LINE    OF    DR.    ELVIRA    STEVENS    BARNEY.  247: 

5.  Joseph  Baker,  who  was  born  about  1793,  married  Cath- 

arine Brown,  who  was  born  about  1794.  She  was  the 
daughter  of  one  of  the  principal  magistrates  of  Dun- 
ham. 

6.  Lydia  Baker,  who  was  born  about  1/96,  married  Rob- 
ert Guy.      They  left  a  family  of  children. 

7.  Thankful  Baker,  who  was  born  about  1798,  died  at  the 
age  of  seventy-seven. 

8.  Polly  Baker,  who  was  born  about  1800,  married  Samuel 
Maynard  of  Vermont. 

9.  Lucretia    Baker,  who  was  born    about    1802,    married 

Stephen  Maynard. 

10.  Patience  Baker,  who  was  born  about   1804,  married 
(  )rson  Kemp  a  merchant  at  St.  Amand. 

11.  Eliza  Baker,  who  was  born  about  1806,  married  ( )ren 
Dunning  formerly  of  Montreal.         She  was  living  in 
1873- 

XII.  Dolly  Stevens,  who  was  born  November  19,  1771,  married 
her  cousin,  Willard  Harnes.  He  was  the  son  of  Mary 
Stevens  Barnes,  of  Petersham.  Mass.  He  died  at  the  age 
of  eighty-two,  on  December  31,  1849  m  Dunham,  Lower 
Canada.  She  died  on  February  i.  1851,  at  the  same  place. 
They  had  : 

1.  Lavina  IJarnes,  \vh<>  was  born  on  October  n,  1795,  in 

Warwick,  Mass.  She  married  her  cousin,  Stevens 
I  inker. 

2.  Horace  Barnes,  who  was  born  on  January  28,  1797,  in 
\Yarwick,  Mass.  His  parents  moved  to  Lower  Canada, 
in  1809.      He  spent  fourteen  years  teaching  school  and 
farming  in  Chautauqua  Co.,  N.  Y.      He  was  married  in 
January,  1839,  to  Lucretia  Susan  Cone,  who  was  born 
on   December  20,    1816.        She   was   the   daughter  of 
Sylvester  Cone  and  Lucretia  Humphrey.  He  removed 
to  Bristol,  Kendall  Co.,  111.,  w7here  he  was  made  one 
of   the    first   deacons   of   the    Congregational    Churcii 
which  office  he  held  to  the  close  of  his  life.       He  was 
loved  and  revered  by  all  who  knew  him  and  was  very 
social )le.       They  had  : 


.248  TIIL-:  STEVENS  <;KM-:ALOGY. 

i.     Lois   Cornelia    Barnes,   who   was   born   on   August 
^    30,  1840,  near  Bristol  Station,  111.,  and  who  mar- 
ried Solon  Boomer,  who  was  the  son  of  Martin 
and  Lydia  Boomer.       They  had : 

(1)  Jessie   Leanna   Boomer,   who   was   born   in 
Chicago,  111.,  on   November  22,   1870. 

(2)  Henry  Rust  Boomer,  who  was  born  on  De- 
cember 8,  1872. 

(3)  Mabel   Barnes   Boomer,   who   was  born  on 
July  1 6,  1876,  and  who  graduated  from  high 
school  in  June,  1895. 

(4)  Edith  Lois  Boomer,  who  was  born  on  Octo- 
ber 24,  1883. 

ii.  Orton  Adelbert  Barnes,  who  was  born  on  October 
16,  1842,  married  Emily  Pierce,  who  was  born  on 
May  17.  1845.  They  had: 

(1)  Florence  Olivia  Barnes,  who  was  born  on 
February  21,  1869. 

(2)  Susan     Leanna     Barnes,  who  was  born  on 
February  16,  1871. 

Daisv      Emily      Barnes,   who   was  born   on 
January  13,  1874. 

(4)  Jenny     Estelle     Barnes,  who  was  born  on 
July  27,  1878. 

(5)  Gar  field  Barnes,  who  was  born  on  Novem- 
ber 14,  1880. 

(6)  Alice  Levanche  Barnes,   who  was  born  on 
September  28,   1882. 

iii.  Harold  Page  Barnes,  who  was  born  on  December 
4,  1844.  married  on  December  25,  1873,  Fannie 
Bradford,  who  was  born  on  June  29,  1850. 

iv.  Arthur  Herman  Barnes,  who  was  born  on  July 
14,  1847,  married  Lizzie  Raymond,  who  was  born 
on  May  4,  1851.  She  was  the  daughter  of 
Charles  Raymond  and  Lydia  Russell.  They  had : 

(i)      Harold  Raymond  Ilarnes.  who  was  born  on 


THE    ANCESTRAL    LINE    OF    DR.    ELVIRA    STEVENS    BARNEY.          249 

July  30,  1875,  at  Bristol. 

(2)  Solon     Arthur     Barnes,  who  was  born  on 
June  22,  1877. 

(3)  Harland  Ward   Barnes,   who  was  born  on 
December  4,  1883. 

v.  Ella  M.  Barnes,  who  was  born  on  January  25, 
1852,  and  who  married  on  December  26,  1880, 
Martin  Z.  Raymond.  They  had : 

(1)  Carl     Horace     Raymond,  who  was  born  on 
June  1 6,  1882. 

(2)  Burrell  Cone  Raymond,  who  was  born  on 
February  13,  1886. 

vi.  Leanna  Barnes,  who  was  born  on  July  17,  1854, 
and  who  died  on  September  2,  1856. 

3.  Dolly  Sawyer  Barnes,  who  was  born  on  March  16,  1799. 

She  died  in  Illinois. 

4.  Cyprian   Panics,  \vh<>  was  born  on  November  5,  1800. 
He  married  Sarah  Chadrey. 

5.  Louisa  Barnes,  who  was  born  on  November  10,  1802. 

She  married  Addison  Pratt,  who  was  born  on  February 
22,  1802.       They  had: 

i.  Ellen  Sophronia  Pratt,  who  was  born  on  February 
16,  1832,  in  Riplcy,  N.  Y.  She  married  on  May 
26,  1856,  Wm.  McGary  in  San  Bernardino,  Cal. 
They  had : 

1 i )  Emma  Francelle  McGary,  who  was  born  on 
March  8,   1859,  at  Ogden,  Utah. 

(2)  Ellen    Caroline    McGary.  who  was  born  on 
June  29,  1861,  at  Beaver,  Utah. 

(3)  William  Addison   McGary,   who  was  born 
July  6,   1863,  and  who  died  on  October  14, 

1867,  at  Beaver,  Utah. 

(4)  Aurora  Frances  McGary,  who  was  born  on 
October   2,    1867  an<^  wno  c^e<^  on  JanuaI7 
19,   1869,  at  Beaver,  Utah. 

ii.  Frances  Stevens  Pratt,  who  was  born  on  Novem- 
ber 7,  1834,  at  Ripley,  N.  Y.  She  married  on 
October  7,  1856,  in  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  James 
Dyer.  They  had : 


Till-:    STKVKXS    C.KXKALOGY. 

(I)      Addison  Pratt  Dyer,  who  was  born  on  May 

ii,  1859.  in  San  Lorenzo.  Cal. 
(  j)      Harris  Dyer,  who  was  born  in  1869.  in  Lo- 

Angeles,  Cal. 
(3)      Franklin  Dyer,  who  was  born  about  1872. 

Lois  P.arnes  Pratt,  who  was  born  on  March  6, 
1837.  in  Ripley,  X.  Y.  She  married  John  Hunt, 
who  was  born  on  March  9,  1833,  in  Fdwards  Co.. 
111.,  on  July  4.  1857.  The  following  is  an  extract 
from  the  Woman's  Fxponent  of  Salt  Lake  City, 
Utah:  "It  becomes  our  painful  duty  to  transmit 
to  yon  the  sad  intelligence  of  the  death  of  our  be- 
loved sister.  Lois  P.arnes  Pratt,  wife  of  P.ishop 
John  Hunt,  who  departed  this  life,  through  an  ac- 
cident of  being  burned,  March  9.  1885.  Sister 
Hunt  was  born  on  March  (>.  1837.  in  the  town  of 
Ripley.  Chautauqua  Co.,  X.  Y.  She  was  baptized 
when  eight  years  old  in  the  Mississippi  river. 
When  quite  small  her  father,  Flder  Addiso-.i 
Pratt,  was  called  on  a  mission  to  the  Society  Is- 
lands, and  was  absent  several  years.  Her  moth- 
er. Louisa  P..  Pratt,  with  her  four  little  daughter-, 
passed  through  all  the  persecutions  of  the  Saints 
without  her  husband's  help,  while  he  was  a\va\' 
laboring  as  a  missionary,  and  crossed  the  plains, 
driving  her  own  team,  with  the  assistance  of  .1 
small  boy,  and  arrived  in  the  valley  among  th<:- 
first,  in  I 'resident  P.righam  Young's  company. 

"When  in  her  thirteenth  year  Sister  Lois 
Hunt  went  with  her  mother  and  sisters  to  join  her 
father  on  his  second  mission  to  the  Society  Is- 
lands. They  remained  there  one  year  and  a  half. 
She  could  talk  and  sing  in  the  Tahitian  language. 
When  they  returend  from  their  mission  they  re- 
mained in  California,  where  she  became  acquaint 
ed  with  and  was  married  to  John  Hunt,  on  July 
4,  1857.  by  Win.  J.  Cox. 

"She  was  the  mother  of  eight  children,  six 
daughters  and  two  sons,  all  of  whom  are  still  liv- 
ing. She  was  chosen  second  counselor  to  Sister 


THE    ANCESTRAL    LINE    OF    DR.    ELVIRA    STEVENS    BARNEY.          253. 

Willmirth  East,  Stake  President,  July  12,  1880. 
When  Sister  East  moved  away  she  was  chosen 
first  counselor  to  our  Stake  President,  Sister  Em- 
ma S.  Smith,  September  18,  1883. 

"She  was  a  noble,  generous  woman.  She 
could  truly  be  called  a  leader  among  us ;  especially, 
by  her  example,  influencing  us  to  be  punctual 
and  prompt  at  our  meetings,  encouraging  us  to 
be  faithful  in  looking  after  the  sick  and  needy, 
teaching  us  to  be  charitable  to  each  other ;  always 
a  peace  maker,  and  one  who  could  always  see 
some  good  in  everyone.  As  her  husband  was  our 
Bishop  and  father,  she  was  also  our  mother. 

"The  following  resolutions  of  respect  we  feel 
unanimously  to  adopt : 

"That,  inasmuch  as  our  Heavenly  Father  has 
seen  fit  to  take  from  our  midst  our  dearly  beloved 
sister,  who  was  ever  faithful  and  true, 

"Resolved,  That  we,  the  members  of  the  Re- 
lief Society,  do  deeply  mourn  our  beloved  Presi- 
dent, and  that  we  condole  with  her  husband  and 
daughter,  who  are  absent  at  this  time,  and  with 
every  member  of  the  family,  in  this  their  great 
loss ;  but  while  weeping  together,  we  feel  to  look 
beyond  this  vale  of  tears  to  the  happy  home  above, 
and  to  the  time  of  rejoicing  when  the  faithful  will 
all  be  re-united.  And,  be  it 

"Resolved,  That  we  present  a  copy  of  these 
resolutions  to  the  mourning  family,  that  a  copy  be 
sent  to  the  Exponent  and  also  that  a  copy  be  pre- 
served in  our  Stake  Record.  (Signed) 

EMMA  S.  SMITH 
MARY  J.  WEST 
LUCY  H.  FLAKE 
JANE  FREEMAN 
PHEBE  KARTCHNER 

"Snowflake,  Apache  Co.,  Arizona,  March  13,  1885." 
John  Hunt  and  Lois  Barnes  Pratt  had : 


254  THE    STKVEXS    r.KXKAU  ><  A  . 

(  i  i  Ida  1 'ranees  limit,  who  was  born  on  Mareli 
S.  i 858.  near  Cedar  City.  Iron  Co.  Utah.  She 
married  on  May  25,  1882,  David  I\.  I  Mall 
a^  second  wife. 

(2)  May  Louise  Hunt,  who  was  born  on  Max 
5.  i8u>,  at  San  Bernardino.  Cal.  She  mar- 
ried on  (  )ctober  2h,  1881.  Alof  Larson  at  St. 
George,  Utah. 

13)  Annell    Hunt,    who   was  born   on    February 
15.  1 8^)2.  at  San  Bernardino,  Cal.       She  mar 
ried   (  )rrin    Kartehner.   on   <)ct<»ber    n.    :  " 

at  St.  ( ieoroe.   Utah. 

14)  Christabell   Hunt,  who  was  born  on  August 
27.  1804.  at  1  leaver  City,  Utah.       She  married 
<m  September   II.    1885.  at   St.  ( ieor^e.  t'tah. 
e'hark-s  L.   l;lake.  who  was  born  on  I  )ctnber 
1 8.    1862.  at    Ik-aver.    I'tah.        They  had: 

a.      Marion  Lyman   Make,  who  was  born  nr. 
July    23,    1886.    at    Snowflake,    Arixona. 

i  5  )  Lewis  1  Innt.  who  was  born  on  November  i_j. 
i8u>.  at  T.cavcr.  t'tah.  He  married  Delia 
Ann  \Yillis.  who  \\a>  born  October  30,  18^; 

(6)  John   Addison    Hunt,   who     was     born     on 
September  i.  iSfxj.  at  1  leaver.  Ctah.  and  who 
married   Mary  Ellen   Cr 

(7)  Xettie   Hunt,   who  was  born  on    November 
24.  1872,  at  Heaver.  Utah.  She  married  Joseph 
A.  Reneher. 

•  Si  Lojx  Hunt,  who  was  bom  on  November  8, 
18/5.  an(l  xvno  married  Joseph  A.  \\est  on 
May  5.  18(^7. 

iv.      Ann  Louisa  Pratt. 


DR.  ELVIRA  STEVENS  BARNEY, 
At  fifty  years  of  age 


THE  STEVENS  GENEALOGY. 


PART    V. 

BIOGRAPHICAL  SKETCH  OF  DR.  ELVIRA  STEVENS  BARNEY, 
Prepared  by  Laron  A.  Wilson. 


A  friend  and  acquaintance  writes  of  Dr.  Elvira  Stevens  Barney,  as 
follows : 

"Sister  Elvira  possesses  in  her  dual  nature,  all  the  energy,  per- 
severance, firmness,  determination,  will-power,  executive  and  financial 
ability  of  the  sterner  sex,  with  the  tenderness,  sympathy  and  delicate 
sensibility  of  the  true  woman.  She  is  in  truth  a  philanthropist  who 
never  turned  z.  deaf  ear  to  the  cries  of  the  suffering  or  oppressed  nor 
withheld  her  hard  earned  substance,  her  time,  nor  strength  from 
those  in  need.  She  is  a  deep  and  earnest  thinker  with  a  keen  sense 
of  justice  and  an  advocate  of  the  rights  of  all  mankind.  She  is  of 
decided  opinion  and  is  often  solicited  for  counsel  because  of  her  excel- 
lent judgment  and  extensive  experience.  Her  words  and  works  will 
i'tancl  as  an  imperishable  monument  to  her  memory  among  her  chosen 
people."  Lelia  Tuckett  Ereeze. 

Another  friend  says:  "Dr.  Elvira  Stevens  Barney,  is  here  classed 
among  the  medical  fraternity,  and  her  labors  and  history  have  been  in- 
terwoven with  those  of  the  Latter-day  Saints  from  Irer  early  childhood 
in  so  many  varied  and  unselfish  fields  of  labor  that  the  small  space 
allotted  us  will  not  permit  of  many  particulars.  Had  she  in  her 
childhood  possessed  the  advantages  of  a  thorough  education  to  aid  in 
the  development  of  those  many  abilities  which  have  manifested  them- 
>olves  under  the  most  dispiriting  surroundings,  it  would  be  difficult 
to  say  now  what  she  might  have  accomplished.  She  possesses  an 
indomitable  spirit  that  rises  above  obstacles  and  turns  to  account 
every  available  means,  that  cultivates  inherent  powers  to  their  best 
uses.  She  is  an  upbuilder." 

After  her  parents  died,  the  Mormon  people,  with  whom  Elvira 
Slovens  had  cast  her  lot,  were  driven  from  their  homes  in  Nauvoo, 


THI-:   STEVENS    GENEALOGY. 

111.,  by  mob  law.  She  had  the  invaluable  amount  of  $10.00  to  fit 
herself  for  the  exit.  It,  however,  fully  served  its  purpose  by  paving 
for  the  few  most  needed  substantial  articles  for  such  a  journey.  While 
they  were  camping  by  the  way  with  their  scant}  supply  of  food  and 
clothes,  the  Lord  sent  quails  upon  them  which  were  so  tame  that  they 
ild  come  to  the  beds  of  the  sick,  as  much  as  to  say.  "Slay  me  and 
eat."  Through  these  forced  hardships  the  Lord  was  able  to  show 
forth  His  power.  At  one  time  while  camping"  under  a  bowery,  as  the 
wagon  had  gone  some  hundreds  of  miles  away  with  articles  for  sale 

xchange  for  provisions,  a  drenching  rain  came  upon  her  party  and 
.-he  was  compelled  to  sit  all  night  in  a  chair  within  a  tent,  the  water 
running  in  streams  under  her  feet.  At  another  time,  an  old  lady  and 
herself  while  sleeping  under  a  wagon,  awoke  to  find  several  inches 
-now  covering  their  bed.  Continued  harships  and  exposures  ac- 
companied by  much  suffering  from  frequent  visitations  of  ague  and 
cold,  often  reduced  her  to  a  state  of  physical  disability  approaching 
death. 

She  witnessed  the  solemn  separation  of  the  members  of  the 
"Monnon  Battalion". from  their  families,  five  hundred  men  having 
been  called  by  the  L'nited  States  government  for  the  Mexican  war 
uf  1846.  while  they  were  encamped  at  the  15  luffs,  in  Iowa  on  the 
cast  side  of  the  Missouri  river,  then  far  in  the  wilderness,  the  exile- 
having  traveled  several  hundred  miles  with  ox  teams,  and  now  and 
then  a  yoke  of  cows,  without  seeing  a  house.  While  camping  on  the  Mis- 
«i;iri  river,  at  Winter  Quarters,  now  called  Florence,  many  lived  ontlu 
side  hill  in  "dug-outs"  their  wagons  being  used  for  bedrooms.  Often 
four  slept  in  one  bed  and  could  barely  keep  from  freezing  while  the 
winter's  blustering,  chilling  wind,  snow  and  sleet  were  fierce  with- 
i  ut.  L'nder  these, trying  circumstances  they  were  forced  to  live  on 
ccrn  bread  and  water.  The  corn  was  ground  in  a  large  coffee  mill. 
They  had  erected  a  mill  but  the  intense  cold  tied  it  up.  The  few  tal- 
low candles  they  had  were  used  to  grease  their  bake-kettles.  Some 
were  obliged  to  remain  several  years  in  this  condition  before  suffi- 
cient means  could  be  obtained  to  enable  them  to  continue  their  jour- 
ney. 

In  the  summer  of  1848,  Elvira  taught  school,  studying  of  nights 
bv  a  chip  fire  to  keep  in  advance  of  her  pupils.  More  than  one  of  the 
public  speakers  of  today  can  date  his  first  lessons  in  elocution  and 
arithmetic  from  her  training. 

They  crossed  the  western  plains  and  the  Wasatch  range  of  moun- 
tains and  arrived  in  Salt  Lake  valley,  on  September  20.  1848:  in  the 


lUOCKAI'HlCAL   SKETCH     LINE    OF    DR.    ELVIRA    STEVENS    BARNEY.      26l 

first  company  of  that  year,  of  which  Zera  Pulsipher  was  captain, 
having  been  some  five  months  in  transit,  The  Pioneers  and  one 
company  had  arrived  the  year  before. 

On  her  way  across  the  plains  the  buffaloes  were  frequently  seen 
on  the  hills  in  droves  of  hundreds.  The  meat  of  these  animals  was 
used  as  food  and  with  buffalo  chips  the  emigrants  baked  their  bread. 

Having  traveled  nine  hundred  miles  by  ox-team,  we  find  the 
subject  of  this  sketch  by  the  side  of  two  yoke  of  oxen  with  her  sick 
sister  Jane  and  brother-in-law,  Philip  B.  Lewis,  with  a  broken  arm,  all 
under  her  care.  They  here  came  to  the  first  fort  built  by  the  Pioneers  of 
logs,  with  dirt  roof.  In  her  diary,  she  says :  "The  sight  of  the 
gigantic  mountain  peaks,  seemingly  towering  above  the  shining  sun 
in  the  clear,  azure  sky,  brought  a  cheer  from  the  weary  travelers. 
Where  now  is  a  beautiful  city,  we  saw  nothing  but  tall  sage  brush, 
sand,  grashoppers  and  crickets." 

One  woman  remarked  that  she  would  rather,  as  tired  as  she  was. 
go  a  thousand  miles  farther  than  stop  in  a  place  so  forbidding,  but 
not  so  with  Elvira.  She  was  pleased  to  know  that  the  journey  was 
ended  and  she  felt  no  concern  for  the  future. 

Her  first  lesson  in  surgery  was  in  helping  Captain  Pulsipher  to 
set  her  brother-in-law's  broken  arm.  Her  next  lesson  was  in  medi- 
cine in  breaking  up  her  sister's  fever.  She  crossed  the  mountains  in 
buckskin  shoes  of  her  own  make,  the  skin  having  been  purchased  from 
the  Indians. 

At  the  first  meeting  she  attended  in  the  valley  held  in  the  open 
air,  she  wore  a  calico  bonnet  and  her  best  calico  dress  had  patches  on 
the  elbows.  She  worked  six  weeks  to  earn  a  pair  of  leather  shoes. 
She  says  in  her  diary  : 

"There  was  not  much  aristocracy  in  those  days  but  the  people 
sang  praises  to  God  and  danced  with  as  much  sincerity  and  purity 
of  heart  as  ever  King  David  did  before  the  Lord." 

Their  laws  -were  few  and  simple ;  in  a  Bishop's  court  a  brother 
forgave  his  brother ;  they  helped  and  loved  each  other  and  God  heard 
and  loved  them.  Then  came  another  manifestation  of  His  power. 
One  thousand  miles  from  supplies  and  no  railroad ;  their  crops  were 
threatened  with  destruction  by  the  crickets  that  came  from  the  moun- 
tains, the  earth  being  blackened  by  their  great  numbers.  The 
people  fasted  and  prayed  for  deliverance,  when  suddenly  a  cloud  ap- 
l-vari'd  which  was  remarkable  for  its  rapid  approach.  It  was  a 
cl'>u(l  of  sea  i^ulls  which  lit  upon  the  ground  and  devoured  the  crick- 


THE    STKVKXS    (iKX  K. \LOGY. 


relieving  "heir  stomachs  of  their  contents  time  and  time  again  r. 
tlie  side  hills  and  returning  to  their  mission  with  the  same  apparent  crav- 
ing appetite  as  at  first  until  as  with  a  besom  the  ground  was  cleared. 
At  this  time.  1848.  the  "Mormon  Battalion  Boys"  were  returning  to 
their  families,  who  had  been  enabled  by  aid  from  the  church  to  con- 
tinue their  journey  to  the  valley  purposely  to  meet  the  returning  sol- 
diers. 

An  important  event  of  this  period  was  the  discover}-  of  gold  in 
California  by  the  Mormon  boys  who  brought  gold  dust  and  nuggets 
\\ith  them.  The  rapidly  spreading  news,  caused  a  large  emigration 
gold  seekers  to  pass  through  the  small  colony  of  a  few  hundred 
souls.  These  gold  seekers  brought  with  them  much  that  was  need- 
ed and  exchanged  the  same  for  the  products  of  the  earth,  continuing 
tlnir  journey  on  pack  mules.  Thus,  again,  did  the  God  fearing  peo- 
ple acknowledge  His  hand,  for  these  emigrants  had  come  with  car- 
riages and  well  filled  wagons  without  any  knowledge  of  the  desert  and 
the  terrible  journey  before  them  and  were  encumbered  with  mirrors, 
furniture,  feather  beds  and  well  made  clothing.  Men's  clothing  was 
purchased  as  cheap  as  in  Xew  York  City.  Groceries,  fruits,  cured 
meats,  flour  by  the  wagon  loads,  were  almost  given  away  to  lessen 
the  burden,  for  it  would  have  been  impossible  for  emigrants  to  cross 
the  western  desert  with  such  load-. 

\Yhat  does  the  subject  of  our  sketch  do  now  ?  She  took  advan- 
tage of  this  opportunity  and  as  the  gold  seekers  disposed  of  their 
hot  black  wool  hats,  she  sold  them  straw  hats  as  fast  as  she  was  able 
to  make  them.  In  this  way  she  added  to  her  mite  and  accumulated 
her  first  Fifty  Dollars  which  supplied  her  with  clothing  for  the  cold 
\v  Miter  of  1850.  The  following  summer  she  resumed  her  school 
teaching. 

<  )n  March  13,  1851,  she  commenced  a  tedious  journey  to  the 
Sandwich  Islands  on  a  mission  accompanying  her  sister,  Jane  Lewi-, 
with  ox  teams,  and  a  large  company  that  were  going  to  colonize  a 
place  they  named  San  Bernardino,  in  California.  From  her  diary, 
vhich  she  kept  for  fifteen  years,  we  gather  some  of  these  facts.  After 
a  journey  of  three  months,  having  been  much  exposed  to  the  Indians, 
\\  horn  they  often  fed  and  from  whose  arrows  they  at  other  times 
narrowly  escaped  with  their  lives,  the  colonists  arrived  at  their  desti- 
nation. The  greatest  vigilance  had  to  be  maintained  to  protect  their 

k  which  was  sometimes  driven  off  and  wounded  or  killed  by  the 
Indians.  It  was  often  necessary  to  travel  at  night  to  avoid  the  heat 
of  the  burning  desert. 


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BIOr.RAI'HICAL   SKETCH     LINE    OF    DR.    ELVIRA    STEVENS    BARNEY.      265 

The  1 8th  of  June  found  them  in  Los  Angeles,  where  having  sold 
their  teams  they  camped  in  tents  for  nearly  three  weeks.  Elvira,  from 
over  exertion,  here  lay  sick  with  a  fever  again  at  the  point  of  death, 
and  her  nephew,  \Yilliam  Henry  Lewis,  was  taken  sick  and  died  on 
June  30,  1851,  while  she  was  unable  to  leave  her  bed.  On  July  7,  1851, 
the  sick  and  the  well  had  arrived  at  San  Francisco  at  which  place,  her 
journal  says,  she  landed  on  July  n,  1851,  "stiff  from  head  to  foot 
with  great  suffering  from  inflammatory  rheumatism,"  as  the  accomo- 
dations  were  insufficient  for  her  reduced  health  while  traveling  six 
hundred  miles  by  sea  to  the  north  in  the  damp  and  foggy  atmosphere. 
Under  date  of  July  29,  she  writes :  "Having  suffered  greatly  through 
the  day,  the  Lord  was  implored  through  His  servants,  and  I  was  im- 
mediately relieved,  and  that  was  the  first  night's  rest  for  six  weeks 
that  I  had  experienced."  The  next  morning  she  assisted  in  preparing 
breakfast  apparently  with  .the  same  ease  as  though  she  had  not  been 
sick.  At  this  point  we  find  her  at  work  in  a  dress  maker's  store ; 
next,  she  is  offered  $100.00  per.  month  for  a  year  in  a  hotel  in  Sacra- 
mento, but  she  remained  there  only  long  enough  to  obtain  sufficient 
means  to  accomplish  the  mission  she  had  started  upon. 

On  November  30,  1851,  she  arrived  at  the  Sandwich  Islands, 
after  traveling  a  distance  of  one  thousand  miles  by  land,  six  hundred 
miles  up  the  Pacific  coast  and  two  thousand  one  hundred  miles  on  the 
Pacific  Ocean,  which  had  taken  eight  and  one-half  months,  a  journey 
that  might  now  be  accomplished  in  that  number  of  days.  Here  she 
lived  for  six  months  among  the  natives  on  the  Island  food,  which  con- 
sisted of  tarrow  and  sweet  potatoes,  made -into  batter  and  soured;  short 
rations  at  that,  and  yet  she  attained  the  weight  of  one  hundred  and 
fifty-two  pounds.  She  writes: 

"I  often  thought  of  Alexander  Selkirk,  who  said  he  was  monarch 
of  all  he  surveyed.  Here,  months  passed,  while  we  were  living  on  the 
lava  strewn  island  of  Hawaii.  No  ships  came  to  bring  tidings.  I  was 
left  to  view  the  rolling  billows  that  separated  me  from  all  I  held  dear — 
country  and  friends.  Not  a  white  woman  to  speak  to  in  my  own  tongue. 
!  was  occupied  in  studying  a  foreign  language  and  teaching  the  natives 
to  '••peak  my  own." 

Here,  too,  .she  acquired  the  art  of  swimming  by  which  means  she, 
in  later  years,  was  enabled  to  rescue  a  lady  from  drowning  in  a  bottom- 
less spring,  in  I  "lah.  (  )nce  she  came  near  being  engulfed  in  the  channel, 
while  crossing  between  the  islands  in  a  whale-boat  with  the  natives. 

During  the  eleven  months  which  she  spent  on  four  islands  of  the 


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;p.  she  wrore  a  letter  to  a  native  lawyer,  Uaua.  in  his  own  tongue. 
Although  forty  years  have  elapsed,  she  converses  fluently  with  the  na- 
tives who  have  gathered  to  Utah.  \Ye  find  in  her  journal  much  interest- 
ing matter  which  we  are  obliged  to  omit  for  want  of  space.  During 
the  time  of  her  stay,  in  learning  the  native  language,  teaching  school, 
and  visiting  her  sister  on  the  isle  of  ( )ahu,  her  time  was  abundantly 
occupied. 

(  )n  (  )ctober  7,  1852.  a  vessel,  on  which  she  was  a  passenger,  set 
sail  for  San  Francisco  and  while  visiting  some  local  points  to  take  on 
shipments  of  fruit,  a  rough  sea  came  on  during  which  the  vessel  was 
nearly  wrecked  on  the  breakers,  and  the  ship  returned  to  the  beautiful 
harbor  of  Honolulu  for  repairs.  A  fever  set  in  after  leaving  the  vessel, 
which  confined  Elvira  to  her  bed  until  the  I9th  of  October,  when  a  sec- 
Mid  attempt  was  made  to  leave  the  islands,  resulting  in  a  voyage  of 
much  uncertainty.  At  last,  oruthe  nth  of  November,  the  joyous  cry  o'l 
"land"  was  heard  on  deck,  and  shortly  afterwards  the  ]\ay  of  San  Fran- 
cisco was  sighted.  Here  a  dense  fog  was  prevailing  which  necessitated 
many  futile  attempts  to  enter  the  harbor  in  safety.  Four  days  were 
parsed  in  these  endeavors  and  a  second  narrow  escape  from  shipwreck 
was  encountered  before  the  vessel  was  finally  moored  at  the  dock  in  San 
Francisco  Hay,  where  the  fatigued  passengers  landed  with  light  hearts. 

\Ye  next  find  the  subject  of  our  sketch  making  shirts  at  $10.00  a- 
piece.  The  wife  of  the  gentleman  for  whom  she  made  them  presented 
lu  r  with  a  complete  set  of  clothing,  the  outer  garment  being  a  silk  dress. 
She  writes :  "The  Lord  knew  that  I  needed  them  and  I  thanked  Him 
and  them,  also."  Thus  she  was  able  to  earn  means  to  pay  her  ship 
fare  of  $80.00  for  which  she  had  given  her  note.  She  remained  three 
years  in  Upper  California.  ( )ne  summer  she  raised  three  thousand 
chickens.  In  tlie  winter  of  1856,  she  taught  in  a  district  school  in  San 
1 ...  rnardino,  California. 

In  the  spring  of  1857.  she  returned  to  Salt  Lake  City,  riding  seven 
hundred  miles  on  horseback.  \Yhen  she  arrived  at  her  destination,  she 
resumed  school  teaching  in  1859.  During  that  year  she  assisted  in  the 
amputation  of  the  arm  of  a  dear  friend,  Irene  Pomeroy.  In  1863  she 
traveled  east  to  visit  her  kindred  and  rode  sixteen  days  in  an  overland 
£C.  In  1864  she  went  to  \Yheaton  College.  111.  and  returned  home 
after  two  year'-  absence.  From  1855  to  1804  she  had  taught  school  in 
ten  different  places,  generally  four  terms  a  year :  had,  during  these  years, 
taken  four  homeless  children  into  her  care  until  other  ways  opened  for 
them.  In  187,?..  she  adopted  a  baby  boy,  whom  she  schooled  and  for 


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I'.HH'.KAl'H  K'AL    SKETCH    LINE    OF    DR.    ELVIRA    STEVENS    BARNEY.      269 

whom  she  provided,  for  eleven  years.     In  this    year    she    commenced 
writing1  up  her  genalogical     record  issuing-  the  following. 

CIRCULAR  LETTER. 

To  an\  person  who  inherits  the  family  name  of  STEVENS: 

1.  The  undersigned  has  for  a  long  time  been  endeavoring  to  col- 
lect all  the  information  attainable  of  the  Stevens  Family,  primarily  with 
the  design  of  completing  the  history  of  her  own  branch  of  the  family. 
In  doing  this,  she  has  become  possessed  of  a  great  mass  of  facts  con- 
cerning the  history  and  genealogy  of  the  family  in  general,  which  are  of 
indirect  personal  interest,  and  which  much  more  nearly  concern  others 
of  the  name  than  herself.     Hence,  she  will  be  able  to  give  information 
to  others  concerning  their  own  lines,  when  the  work  becomes  completed. 

2.  Months  and  years  have  already  been  spent  in  the  search,  and  in 
copying  from  different  genealogical  works,  where  those  of  the  name  of 
Stevens  have  married  those  of  other  names ;  and  all  the  information 
that  could  be  obtained  up  to  date,  from  the  New  England  Historical  and 
Genealogical  Register,  the  New  York  and   Boston    Genealogical     So- 
cieties, the  Library  of  Universal  Knowledge,  and  other  books,  has  been 
collected. 

3.  This  family  have  filled  a  great  chapter  in  the  world's  history. 
Among  my  records,  I  find  an  account  of  Henry  Stevens,  who  settled  in 
Paris  in  1470,  of  the  family  of  the  celebrated  printers ;  of  Wm.  Stevens 
the  great  ship  carpenter ;  and  of  Ebenezer  Stevens,  active  in  the  agitation 
that  led  to  the  Revolutionary  war,  and  one  of  the  tea  party  of  1773,  who 
was  lieutenant  at  the  siege  of  Quebec. 

4.  I  have  already  matter  that  will  make  a  very  interesting  book, 
but  I  have  hopes  of  enriching  it  by  the  aid  of  others.     This  sweeping 
and  massive  information  will  be  very  desirable  when  once  collected  and 
published,  but  we  cannot  publish  unfinished  or  incorrect  records,  until 
a1!  the  accuracy  possible  is  attained,  and  all  the  means  of  information 
exhausted.     There  still  remains  a  mass  of  work  to  be  completed  by  cor- 
respondence. 

5.  Only  persons  who  have  undertaken  such  a  work,  can  appreciate 
fully  the  labor,  correspondence  and  perplexities  involved.     Much  of  this 
arises  from  the  procrastination  of  persons  applied  to  for  information, 
who,  while  perfectly  well  disposed  to  give  it,  delay  doing  so.     Such  de- 
lay, involves  delay  in  the  whole  work,  and  it  is  earnestly  requested  of 


-27°  THE   STEVENS   GENEALOGY. 

;  11  to  whom  this  shall  come,  that  the  information  be  promptly  returned. 
or  that  the  statement  be  made  by  postal  card  that  it  cannot  be  furnished. 
in  which  case  it  will  be  sought  for  through  other  channel-. 

6.  All  who  are  addressed  are  earnestly  requested  to  have  the  good- 
ness, speedily,  to  send  all  the  information  in  their  possession,  and  are 

respectfully  reminded  that  while  they  may  personally  care  nothing  fur 
such  work,  there  are  a  great  number  of  persons  who  do  care  for  it  npu:i 
whom  their  compliance  will  confer  a  favor.  The  name  and  postofific ••• 
address  of  all  persons  who  are  supposed  to  have  information,  are  re- 
sted ;  also,  any  facts  concerning  the  history  or  biography  of  th^ 
family  in  general.  Ancient  dates  are  very  desirable,  as  they  are  more 
difficult  to  obt.'iin. 

7.  In  time  we  are  in  hopes  of  being  able  to  make  more  or 
perfect  connections  of  the  present  families  of  Stevens  with  the  ancestral 
line.     1  design  following  the  female  line  as  far  as  possible.     Sometimes 

I  have  followed  the  generations.     In  such  work,  accuracy  and  Inline— 
are  above  all  things  desirable,  especially  in  the  dates  of  births,  death > 
and  marriages,  in  the  designation  of  the  place  of  residence  of  the  per 
r., lined,  and  in  giving  the  full  names,  and  if  possible,  parentage  of  per- 
sons with  whom  they  have  intermarried. 

Address  all  communications  to 

DR.  E.  STEVENS  BARNEY. 

Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 

In  1876  Elvira  wrote  a  pamphlet  on  sericulture  and  appointed  the 
first  meeting  on  that  subject.  She  advanced  as  a  loan  the  first  Fifty 
Dollars  to  establish  the  "Home  Made  Straw  Hat  Industry."  She 
travelled  in  the  interest  of  the  ''Woman's  Exponent."  a  paper  published 

"n  Salt  Lake  City.  She  was  appointed  to  canvass  the  city  for  two  books 

called,  "The  Women  of  Mormondom"  and  the  "Life  of  Brigham 
Young''  and  raised  five  shares  of  $25.00  each  in  one  day  t<>  pay  for  the 
publishing.  Siv.-  was  appointed  for  the  purchasing  and  storing  of  grain 
for  the  Grain  Association,  in  1876.  She  traveled  south  and  held  forty- 
five  meetings  in  twenty-seven  days  in  the  interest  of  women's  work  in 
I  "tah.  This  journey  covered  over  nine  hundred  miles.  Up  t<»  February 
1X70,.  she  had  earned  $9,000.00  by  her  own  labor.  After  building  two 
commodious  horse>.  she.  in  October  1879.  started  east  to  continue  her 
rnedical  >tudies  which  she  had  prosecuted  at  home  for  several  years. 
She  attended  three  complete  courses  being  absent  three  years.  In 


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December,  1886,  she  went  to  Arizona  by  rail  and  brought  home  Philip 
Bessum  Lewis,  who  was  the  son  of  her  brother-in-law,  deceased,  pass- 
ing on  her  way  through  the  corners  of  four  territories,  Arizona,  New 
Mexico,  Colorado  and  Utah. 

During  her  life,  she  has  crossed  the  Pacific  Ocean  twice,  the 
Western  desert  twice  and  the  Eastern  plains  five  times;  once  with  ox 
team,  once  in  a  stage  coach,  once  with  a  horse  team  and  twice  by  rail.* 
She  has  wrought  at  different  humble  occupations  belonging  to  a  new 
country.  She  has  been  dressmaker,  tailor,  embroiderer,  penman,  archi- 
tect, lecturer  and,  finally,  a  genealogist.  And  now  at  the  close  of  her 
career,  she  says : 

"My  life  has  been  real;  my  life  has  been  earnest,  and  now  if  my 
works  praise  me,  truly  I  am  praised,  but  all  praise  is  given  by  me  to  the 
Lord  for  His  guidance  and  preserving  care." 


*The  details  of  two  of  the  journeys  taken  by  Dr.  Barney  are  best  given 
in  her  own  words.     See  Appendix  II.  and  III. 


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APPENDIX 


i. 

DIFFERENCES, 

To  Sister  lU-rira.  on  her  Siviictli  Kirthday,  March   17,   1892. 

"Xot  all  alike!"     Ah  no!     This  world  would  he 

A  stupid  one,  if  we  were  all  the  same ; 
If  on  each  point  we  could  at  once  agree. 

Soon  conversation  would  grow  weak  and  tame. 

One   likes   an  apple,  best,   and  one   a   peach. 

Another,  still,  prefers  the  luscious  pear ; 
Important  lessons  these  small  items  teach. 

When  we  can  pause,  and  give  them  timely  care. 

For,  as  the  mouth,  so  also  is  the  mind  ; 

Strange  differences  control  these  heads  of  ours; 
A  grain  of  thought,  keen,   witty,  or  refined, 

(  )ne  slights,  another  eagerly  devours. 

Some  rise  in  grand  sublimity  aloft, 

The  average  minds  of  mortals  far  above : 

And   some   like  simple  music,   low  and   soft. 
Find  comfort,  strength  and  joy  in  quiet  love. 

I  Jut  oh!  how  bless'd  the  being  in  whose  heart. 
The  Gospel  key-note  is  for  each  attuned; 

Who  finds  throughout  God's  garden,  in  each  part, 
Rich  fruits,  though  vines  and  trees  are  yet  unpruned. 

Who.  with  Eliza  Snow,  or  Whitney  soars, 
High  heavenward,  above  all  earthly  towers; 

With    Emily  bright  inspiration   pours. 

Or  walks  wit-i  "Emile"  through  fair,  buried  bowers. 


THK    STKVKNS    r.KNKALOGY. 

\Vith  Zion's  thousand  poets  offers  praise. 

Or  shouts  heroic  in  the  Truth's   defense ; 
Then  joins  with  "Lula's"  artless,  childlike  plays. 

In  loving  homage  to  sweet  innocence. 

Such  is  thy  soul.  Elvira,  and  today, 
I'll  close  this  Birthday  tribute,  I  have  pen'd. 

By  adding,  I  am  bless'd  to  feel  and  say. 
I  claim  thee  as  my  sister  and  my  friend. 

L.  LULA  G.  RICHARDS. 


II. 

MY  TRIP  SOUTH. 


I  left  Salt  Lake  City  Nov.  3rd  and  returned  on  Dec.  nth,  having 
tiaveled  about  900  miles.  I  held  forty-five  meetings,  passed  through 
Nephi,  Taylorsville,  Warm  Creek,  Gunnison,  Monroe,  Panguitch, 
Hills  Dale,  Mammoth,  Glendale,  Orderville,  Mt.  Carmel,  Kanab,  Pipe 
Springs,  Andrews  Ranch,  Virgin  City,  Duncan  Retreat,  Rockville,  To- 
kerville,  Leeds,  Harrisburg,  Washington,  Middletown,  St.  George, 
Clara,  Pine  Valley,  Pinto,  Harmony,  Kanarra,  Hamilton,  Cedar,  Sum- 
mit, Parowan,  Paragoona,  Bener,  Adamsville,  Minersville,  Greenville, 
Indian  Creek,  Kanosh,  Meadow  Creek,  Fillmore,  Holden  and  Scipio. 
I  was  conveyed  from  place  to  place  by  the  people  and  was  met  with 
the  greatest  cordiality  and  respect.  Br.  Seegmiller  took  me  to  all  of 
the  settlements  of  Sevier  Co.,  being  a  distance  of  about  150  miles. 
He  is  very  spirited  and  is  a  successful  laborer  in  the  United  Order. 
There  the  people  were  greatly  satisfied  with  their  abundant  harvest 
and  they  were  working  harmoniously  in  the  United  Order.  The  roads 
were  fine  and  the  weather  was  settled  until  I  began  traveling  through 
Kane  Co.  There  the  roads  were  broken,  rough  and  sandy.  While 
1  was  passing  over  into  Long  Valley  I  was  delighted  with  a  forest  of 
tall  pines  averaging  from  50  to  100  feet  high,  and  from  3  to  6  feet 
through.  I  was  told  that  this  forest  extended  25  by  30  miles,  directly 
on  the  ridge  or  summit,  and  the  ground  was  free  from  brush  or  un- 
dergrowth, leaving  the  tall  stately  pines  waiting  for  the  woodman's 
axe.  This  was  a  great  treat  as  the  country  for  hundreds  of  miles  is 
destitute  of  timber,  only  as  it  is  found  hid  away  in  the  hills.  There 
has  been  a  great  drouth  this  season  and  the  grass  was  all  dried  up, 
and  the  stock  was  driven  off  for  better  pasture  land;  especially  in  the 
region  of  Fillmore.  In  Orderville,  there  is  an  organized  company 
numbering  29  men,  37  women,  and  99  children,  organized  under  the 
presidency  of  Howard  O.  Spencer,  and  if  muscle  and  sinew  represent 
wealth,  I  thought  it  was  well  represented  by  these  hale  and  hearty 
looking  men  whom  I  breakfasted  with.  The  women  were  spinning  and 
weaving,  and  the  men  were  threshing  out  their  grain,.  They  said 
their  harvest  had  been  very  heavy  and  all  seemed  happy  with  their 


2/8  THK    STKVKNS    ( iK  \  K.\L<  u  IV. 

prospects  of  future  >uccoss.    Long  Valley  is  more  like  a  canyon  than  a 
valley  as  it  is  so  narrow  it  will  not  admit  of  their  spreading  their  bor- 
dt-r<  very  much.     Kanab  is  elevated  and  the  climate  is  much  like  the 
Xew  England  States,  the  soil  is  of  a  reddish  hue.     Their  bishop,  L.  J. 
Xuttall,  had  just  arrived  and  was  energetically  commencing  his  new 
field  of  labor  as  a  presiding  bishop.     I  found  my  brother-in-law,  Philip 
B.  Lewis.     His  wife  Mary  died  Xov.  i_}.th  after  a  lingering  illness  of 
one  year ;  she  died  strong  in  the  faith  of  the  Latter-day  worky  and 
was  noted  for  her  charity  and  liberality  to  the  poor,  and  was  cared 
for  and  duly  appreciated  by  her  husband.     This  brought  the  first  and 
only  gloom  of  my  journey.     The  weather  was  cold  and  I  left  in  a 
rain  storm.     I  stopped  at  two  Ranches,  called  Pipe  Springs  and  Caanan 
Ranch,  at   which  places  the  surplus  stock  of   St.   George  and  other 
places  are  kept,  and  considerable  beef,  butter  and  cheese  are  furnished 
at  these  places.     Arrived  at  Virgin,  a  place  sometimes  called  Pocket- 
ville,  did  not  see  it  until  we  had  got  right  upon  it.     It  is  a  lively  little 
place  :  on  inquiring  for  the  Bishop,  the  boy  told  me  that  he  lived  up 
there  on  a  sand  hill,  and  while  the  carriage  stood  in  front  of  the  house 
in  the  deepest   of  sand,  I   looked  directly  over  the   fence  and  saw  a 
beautiful  Mower  garden  and  vineyard,  such  striking  contrasts  adjoining 
each  other.     As  I  passed  on  to  St.  George  I  looked  back  on  Toker- 
ville  and  these  little  places  and  was  forcibly  reminded  of  a  passage  of 
Scripture  referring  to  the  saints  being  hid  up  in  the  mountains  while 
the  indignation  of  the  Lord  passed  over  the  earth.     Arrived  at  St. 
George  after  dark  and  found  Bro.  Erastus  Snow  and  the  Saints  all 
congregated  in  a  large  hall   awaiting  my  arrival.     If  the  Queen  of 
England  had  arrived  I  don't  think  that  she  could  have  been  received 
with  a  more  hearty  welcome ;  spent  a  couple  of  days  of  unalloyed  pleas- 
ure in  the  society  of  the  Saints  in  meetings.     There  was  organized  a 
society  of  young  ladies  of  80  members,  by  the  president  of  the  Re- 
lief Society,  Sister  Ivins.    Topics  and  items  of  interest  were  conversed 
upon  at  the  meeting.     Some  of  the   sisters  accompanied  me  to  the 
Clara.     I  do  not  think  the  earth  can  afford  a  nobler  spirited  woman 
than  I  found  there  by  the  name  of  McLeland,  such  a  calm  and  placid 
expression  upon  her  countenance.     Oh,  that  all  mothers  could  bury 
their  frowns  and  cares  beneath  such  a  smile  which  so  well  became  her 
aged  face ;  she  showed  me  a  shawl  and  other  articles  that  she  had 
manufactured  from  her  own  raising  of  silk.     I  never  saw  before,  nor 
d?  I  think  the  world  can  boast  of  such  noble  intelligent,  fine-looking 
marriageable  young  ladies  as  I  saw  in  those  settlements  where  I  visited ; 
they  appeared  neat  and  clean,  comfortably  dressed,  but  plain  and  as 


APPENDIX.  270 

though  their  better  judgment  guided  them.  The  ruggedness  of  the 
country  and  their  surroundings  showed  that  they  had  labored  and  en- 
countered much  to  make  their  homes,  but  yet  with  it  all  there  seemed 
to  be  such  a  welcome,  mellow,  brotherly  and  .kindly  feeling,  unlike 
the  mixed  element  of  this  city  where  our  deportment  is  characterized 
with  so  much  formality  and  coldness ;  and  I  felt  as  though  I  little  cared 
if  I  never  returned  to  it  again.  At  this  point  I  commenced  my  home- 
ward journey,  and  was  furnished  with  a  span  of  horses  that  were 
called  Dixie  horses,  and  as  they  began  to  climb  the  ledges  in  ascend- 
ing the  ridge  that  surrounds  the  west  side  of  St.  George,  they  remind- 
ed me  of  some  well-trained  goats,  and  their  little  feet  unlike  the 
clumsy  American  horses,  could  always  find  a  place  in  the  rocks;  but 
before  I  got  over  that  day's  journey  of  45  miles,  Bro.  Foster  furnished 
me  with  a  span  of  horses  that  rapidly  flew  over  the  remaining  twelve 
miles.  In  Pine  Valley  we  had  quite  a  snow  storm,  the  summer  sea- 
son is  very  short  there,  and  they  have  very  late  and  early  frosts.  As 
I  passed  .on  I  was  occasionally  greeted  by  my  warm  friends  of  early 
life.  In  Pinto  I  found  myself  buried  in  the  arms  of  a  friend,  one  of 
our  old-fashioned  farmer's  wives,  who  seemed  to  be  blessed  with 
too  much  good  nature  for  her  own  good,  if  such  can  be  the  case,  and 
she  takes  the  cares  of  life  so  good-naturedly.  Readers,  her  name  is 
Haskell,  and  her  children  seemed  happily  organized  like  herself,  her 
little  home  is  so  neat  and  clean  that  I  thought  what  a  paradise  where 
order  and  contentment  dwells.  My  space  will  not  admit  of  the  many 
items  that  might  interest,  therefore  I  will  pass  on  until  I  arrive  at 
Cedar;  Eld.  Erastus  Snow  had  kindly  telegraphed  and  made  appoint- 
ments ahead  of  me.  Here  the  Relief  Society  sisters  had  prepared  a 
dinner  at  Bishop  Lunt's,  the  very  air  seemed  to  breathe  forth  a  spirit 
of  welcome.  The  Bishop  supports  and  aids  the  movements  of  the 
sisters,  and  they  co-operate  in  their  efforts  in  building  up  the  kingdom. 
At  Parowan,  another  principal  city,  Br.  Jesse  Smith  is  the  Bishop,  and 
his  wife  is  president  of  the  Relief  Society,  a  very  able  and  intelligent 
laborer  and  much  respected  by  the  sisters.  Bishop  Smith's  mother, 
who  is  very  aged,  is  one  of  those  lovely  old  ladies  that  win  the  respect 
and  esteem  of  everybody  around  them.  At  Bener,  another  large 
settlement,  I  stayed  and  held  two  meetings,  and  some  of  the  sisters 
accompanied  me  to  Minersville  and  we  had  a  season  of  rejoicing  to- 
gether. Bishop  Murdock  aided  me  in  telegraphing  ahead  for  convey- 
ances, etc.  As  I  arrived  at  Cove  Creek,  Sister  Hinckley  favored  me 
with  a  change  of  horses,  one  of  them  a  fine-looking  animal  was  called 
Scorchei,  as  he  had  been  burned  in  Bro.  Well's  barn.  Fillmore  is 


28O  THE   STEVENS    GENEALOGY. 

the  next  large  city.  I  was  accompanied  to  meeting  by  Eld  Marian 
1  ynian.  and  the  powerful  testimony  he  bore  corresponded  much  with 
the  spirit  of  the  times.  After  leaving  there  I  held  meetings  at  the  inter- 
vening places,  including  Nephi,  at  which  place  I  was  furnished  with 
a  conveyance  which  took  me  to  the  Terminus.  Then  took  the  cars 
to  Salt  Lake  City.  E.  S.  B. 


HI. 

AN  OPEN  LETTER  FROM  DR.  ELVIRA  STEVENS  BARNEY 


Dear  Readers  of  the  Woman's  Exponent,  your  Editor  has  requested 
me  to  give  some  details  of  a  4000  miles  journey. 

Monday  June  I7th,  at  7  a.  m.,  I  left  Salt  Lake  City  on  an  excur- 
sion train  of  inclining  chair-cars  to  Council  Bluffs  by  U.  P.  Railway 
and  was  to  return,  from  the  Missouri  River  by  the  D.  &  R.  G.  Railway. 
I  arrived  at  the  Bluffs  after  two  days  and  one  nights's  travel.  Having 
thus  crossed  these  plains  three  times  by  team,  and  three  by  cars.  This 
was  the  limit  of  my  excursion  ticket. 

Tuesday  i8th,  I  expected  to  leave  on  the  evening  train  after  getting 
lunch,  ticket  and  checks.  I  had  forgotten  to  take  into  consideration,  as 
I  was  travelling  eastward,  it  was  necessary  to  watch  the  depot  time, 
instead  of  my  pocket  time,  which  was  that  of  Salt  Lake  City.  I  was 
left  about  an  hour  in  the  lurch.  I  telegraphed,  "Got  left,  come  next 
train."  This  was  no  loss  to  me,  for  one  needs  a  good  night's  rest  after 
a  thousand  miles  travel  and  I  got  it. 

Wednesday,  June  I9th,  fresh  and  happy  I  started  for  Grinneli, 
Iowa,  on  the  Rock  Island  Road.  About  sunset  within  two  miles  of 
there,  we  found  a  freight  train  ahead  with  a  smashed  up  engine,  waiting 
for  another  one  to  draw  it  off  the  track.  By  this  delay  we  were  unable 
to  make  connection.  What  a  blessing  in  disguise.  To  sleep  nights, 
2nd  travel  days.  Nothing  better. 

Thursday,  2Oth,  I  took  the  Iowa  Central  for  Fremont.  I  was  met 
at  the  depot  at  2  p.  m.,  by  my  niece  Amelia  Howell  and  her  husband; 
and  had  a  four  miles  ride  to  their  farm.  There  I  found  four  boys,  and 
two  small  girls  happy  to  be  acknowledged  by  their  dear  aged  grand 
aunt.  Dear  Readers,  I  can  tell  you  that  as  I  seated  myself  at  the  table 
with  these  fine  looking,  intelligent  children,  whom  I  realized  were  my 
kindred,  it  was  a  happy  moment  of  my  life. 

Friday  2ist,  in  the  morning  crossed  Skunk  River  to  the  other 
branches  of  the  family.  Here  I  was  greeted  by  a  family  gathering,  con- 
sisting of  my  brother  Carlos  Stevens,  seven  years  my  senior,  and  his 
wife,  they  were  both  very  feeble.  Their  daughter  Jennie  Brown,  hus- 
band, and  two  girls,  the  youngest  of  whom  constantly  clung  to  my  side, 
his  daughter  Ida  Sullivan,  and  husband,  and  two  girls,  and  a  very 


-x-  THK    STKVKXS    C,K.\  KAJj  )C,V. 

bright  little  boy  named  after  his  grandfather.     The  entire  families  both 
s:iles  «>f  the  river,  number  sixteen. 

For  the  sake  of  brevity.  1  shall  have  to  omit  much  that  might  bo 
Interesting,  of  the  domestic  portion  of  my  visit.  1  had  been  planning 
t<>  have  my  brother  visit  Nauvoo,  111.,  with  me,  to  find  my  parents'  graves. 

Xo\v  it  seemed  providential  that  an  excursion  train  was  to  leave 
the  next  day  for  Xauvoo.  My  brother  said  he  wa>  ton  feeble  to  gn. 
but  consented  Saturday  22nd.  at  five  o'clock  a.  m.  My  brother  and  I 
started,  and  arrived  by  carriage  at  the  depot  in  time  to  go  with  the 
excursion.  At  7  a.  m.,  we  arrived  at  Burlington,  at  12  o'clock  took  the 
excursion  boat  and  reached  Xauvoo  about  4  p.  m.  at  the  I'pper  Landing. 
Hfty  years  had  passed  since  I  laid  my  parents  here  to  rest.  A  fami'v 
of  five  were  then  left  and  soon  scattered,  thousands  of  miles  apart. 

I  hired  a  horse  and  carriage  and  called  on  Phineas  Kimball. 
brother-in-law  of  Sarah  M.  Kimball.  of  this  city.  He  invited  us  to 
come  to  his  house  and  make  our  stay  after  our  drive.  I  will  here  sa^ 
that  in  all  my  life.  I  have  never  received  a  heartier  welcome,  and  been 
treated  with  greater  hospitality,  than  by  Mr.  Kimball  and  family.  His 
home  is  roomy,  and  supplied,  apparently,  with  every  needed  luxury. 
After  a  couple  of  hours  of  sight  seeing,  the  horse  being  tired  with 
having  been  worked  all  day.  the  driver  remarked,  "There  is  im  use  <•' 
hunting  for  graves  in  a  corn  field."  So  I  discharged  the  carriage  as 
we  arrived  at  the  south  west  corner  of  the  Temple  I 'lock.  Here  is  lo- 
cated a  drug  store,  into  which  we  went  for  my  brother's  relief.  As  he 
\va>  weary,  and  his  memory  failed  him.  he  could  not  aid  me,  and  1 
left  him  there  till  I  could  locate  the  spot  where  my  parents  lived  and 
died.  I  found  the  pla:e  on  the  corner  of  Warsaw  ( the  north  end  called 
Rich)  and  Ripley  St.  (the  east  end  called  Commerce).  After  I  had 
walked  from  the  Temple  lUock.  east,  across  five  squares,  and  one  south, 
to  this  spot,  and  returned  I  found  my  brother  engaged  in  a  lively  chat 
on  politics,  his  favorite  theme,  in  which  he  keeps  himself  well  posted . 
Although  weary,  1  felt  happy  that  1  had  located  one  land  mark. 

Sunday  morning.  June  23rd.  Mrs.  Kimball  said.  "You  leave  your 
brother  here  and  take  my  husband  and  the  carriage,  and  he  will  drive 
just  where  you  want,  and  you  can  hunt  all  you  like  for  those  graves." 
We  drove  to  my  first  land  mark.  Here  my  recollection  was  aided  by 
some  supernatural  power.  We  went  east  then  south  on  to  Parley  St.. 
then  east  nearly  to  the  end  of  this  fenced  up  street :  about  a  mile  and 
a  half,  or  two  miles  from  the  Temple  I '.lock.  Says  I.  "Mr.  Kimball 
there  it  is  in  yonder  orchard."  This  >pot.  I  afterwards  learned,  had 


APPENDIX.  283 

been  occupied  the  4th  of  July,  1853,  as  a  camping  ground  for  a  genera! 
holiday  celebration ;  later,  a  corn  mill  had  been  erected  there ;  after 
wards  a  carding  machine;  then  a  grape  vineyard;  and  then  an  orchard 
•of  large  trees.  Here  I  brought  my  brother,  and  he  was  obliged  to 
admit  that  I  was  correct,  to  the  astonishment  of  those  that  had  aided 
me.  What  could  1  say,  but  that,  the  Lord  helps  those  who  help  them- 
selves. 

This  drug  store  referred  to  on  the  Temple  Block,  was  built  jn  the 
•early  fifties,  by  the  Icarian  Society  for  a  school  house.  I  have  a  sketch 
of  their  houses,  and  the  Temple  ruins  as  then  existed.  The  stones  of 
the  walls,  were  taken  from  the  walls  of  the  Temple,  many  of  which 
have  been  used  for  similar  purposes,  and  freighted  up  and  down  the 
Mississippi  River. 

Many  of  the  more  ornamental  stones  of  the  Temple,  I  was  told, 
were  lying  in  a  lot  in  the  eastern  part  of  the  city,  and  might  be  very 
desirable  as  relics.  As  to  the  Temple,  there  is  not  a  vestige  of  it  left 
to  mark  the  spot  where  it  was  once  located,  save  the  well,  which  is 
hidden  from  view  by  old  buildings  and  rubbish.  Oh  how  sad  the 
thought  of  the  present  condition,  compared  with  that  of  fifty  years  ago. 
Then  a  thriving  city,  of  20,000  people,  with  Temple,  halls,  stores,  and 
many  improvements.  Today  it  is  estimated  to  have  a  population  of  only 
1,400,  and  a  lack  of  enterprise  in  the  same  proportion.  Then  where 
there  was  a  large  city  of  well  laid  out  streets,  and  comfortable  homes, 
there  is  now  only  a  few  of  the  original  buildings  remaining  as  land 
marks.  The  old  residences  are  easily  discerned,  by  their  crumbling 
brick  chimneys,  from  other  buildings,  built  from  several  of  the. torn 
<L»wn  brick  ones.  The  streets  have  been  plowed  up  and  fenced  into 
large  fields  and  planted  with  corn,  or  grape  vines,  the  latter  being  cul- 
tivated extensively,  resulting  in  the  manufacture  of  much  wine,  which 
:>>  the  main  export.  I  was  told  that  the  majority  of  the  inhabitants  are 
(Germans,  and  they  are  making  a  grand  success  of  grape  culture. 

The  predominating  rule  and  faith  is  Roman  Catholic.  A  few  of 
the  Amercians  are  carrying  on  a  small  merchandising  trade  to  supply 
what  demand  there  is.  I  recognized  Parley  P.  Pratt's  buildings  north 
of  the  Temple  Block,  and  the  old  Home's  Store,  as  also  the  place  where 
Mrs.  Addison  Pratt's  house  was,  where  she  supported  her  family,  tailor- 
ing, while  her  husband  was  on  the  first  mission  of  .the  Saints  to  the 
Society  Islands.  (  )n  her  sister  Caroline  Crosby's  lot,  is  remaining  only 
the  small  stone  granary,  but  the  house  on  the  adjoining  lot  formerly 
owned  by  Jonathan  Crosby's  sister,  Mrs.  Thompson,  now  dead,  is  in 
pretty  good  repair.  A  part  of  the  foundation  that  was  made  for  the 


284  THE   STEVENS    GENEALOGY. 

Nauvoo  house,  has  been  lying  all  these  years  untouched,  save  by  the 
weather's  destructive  powers,  and  is  therefore  in  a  wasting  condition. 

I  visited  the. grave  of  Mrs.  Emma  Smith  Bidamon,  and  was  told 
that  it  was  her  request  to  be  buried  by  the  side  of  her  previous  husband. 
Joseph  Smith.  After  Mr.  Bidamon  died,  he  was  placed  at  the  othe- 
side  of  her.  Thus  presupposing  that  both  the  martyrs,  are  lying  by  he/ 
riore  recently  made  grave.  After  a  twenty  four  hours  stay  at  this 
place,  we  took  a  skiff  at  the  Lower  Landing,  and  were  carried  across 
the  Mississippi  River,  landing  at  Montrose,  at  5  o'clock,  we  took  the 
cars  and  arrived  at  Burlington,  after  a  three  hours  ride,  too  late  to  make 
connections,  we  took  rooms  near  the  depot  for  the  night  I  here  wen: 
to  the  drug  store  for  my  brother's  benefit. 

Monday,  June  24th,  we  were  awakened  at  4  o'clock  by  whistles  and 
noise  of  wagons,  hauling  lumber  for  a  lumber  company.  The  landlady 
said  every  thing  in  the  business  line  was  very  dull,  and  young  men 
had  to  go  elsewhere  to  get  employment.  Burlington  is  a  city  of  14,000 
inhabitants.  At  10  o'clock  we  arrived  at  Fremont  after  a  three  hours 
ride  on  the  cars  and  four  miles  by  carriage.  We  then  were  glad  to 
settle  down  at  my  niece's  for  the  balance  of  the  day  and  night. 

Tuesday,  June  25th,  my  brother  took  me  home  with  him  across 
the  Skunk  River.  Here  I  remained  the  next  four  weeks  visiting  these 
families.  I  aided  my  niece  Amelia  in  nursing  one  child  through  an 
attack  of  measles.  During  this  time  nothing  of  special  note  occurred 
until  the  21  st  of  July,  while  I  was  stopping  with  my  brother  when  there 
was  a  death  in  the  family  of  Amelia  Howell,  my  brother's  daughter's 
child,  Emma  Jane,  died  at  7-30  o'clock  p.  m.,  Sunday  2ist,  of  pneumoni'i 
resulting  from  an  attack  of  measles.  This  child  was  attended  by  their 
family  physician.  Monday  22nd,  3  o'clock ;  I  was  at  the  funeral.  Thus 
ended  the  short  life  of  three  years,  of  a  lovely  promising  child.  God 
gives  the  rose ;  but  with  it  comes  the  thorns.  I  was  here  detained  on 
account  of  this  sickness  and  death.  The  heat  to  me  here  was  very 
oppressive. 

July  23,  at  3  o'clock  terminated  my  visit  at  this  place,  all  gath- 
ered, old  and  young,  around  the  carriage  as  I  start,  for  an  eight  miles 
ride,  some  worrying  because  of  my  health,  and  traveling  alone.  This 
includes  three  visits  in  fifty  years;  on  I  went  arriving  at  the  railroad 
station  Delta  in  due  season  for  a  good  long  night's  ride.  Could 
only  get  a  ticket  to  Ottawa.  I  arrived  at  Rock  Island  in  the  night, 
at  4  o'clock.  After  a  tedious  endurance  of  the  depot  accomodations 
of  a  couple  of  hours,  we  pulled  on  to  Ottawa,  and  another  weary 
halt,  at  which  time  we  traveled  on  with  rapid  speed. 


APPENDIX.  285 

Wednesday,  July  24th,  I  arrived  at  Yorkville,  Kendall  Co.,  111., 
here  the  air  seemed  cool,  balmy  and  bracing.  My  dispatch  had  not 
been  delivered  to  Solon  Boomer's  family ;  but  all  the  same  I  was  made 
welcome,  by  himself,  wife,  son,  three  daughters,  and  Ma  Boomer. 
The  entire  family,  including  hired  man,  and  girl,  were  early  seated 
;it  the  supper  table.  This  charming  home,  of  harmony,  education,  re- 
finement, freedom  and  ease,  one  grand  welcome  to  rest,  enjoy  and 
be  enjoyed ;  carriages  hitched  at  will.  The  husband  full  of  wit  and 
humor.  What  could  be  more  delightful?  Cousin  Lois  was  more 
retiring.  The  sound  of  music  hurried  me  to  the  parlor,  where  I 
found  tli£  son  Henry,  a  handsome  trim  built  man,  standing  full  six 
feet,  with  his  cornet,  and  sister  Jessie  at  the  piano.  Each  seemed 
to  have  their  several  duties,  to  regularly  attend  to  in  the  morning. 
Thus  as  promptly  was  everything  accomplished,  and  perfect  order 
reigned,  and  all  ready  for  the  next  thing  on  the  program.  It  seemed 
110  trouble  for  cousin  Lois  to  wheel  her  husband's  mother  out  to 
meals  at  the  head  of  the  table.  The  old  lady  has  not  walked  for 
seven  years,  and  though  now  88  years  of  age,  her  spirits  are  so  mellow 
and  peaceful,  and  she  enjoys  a  rich  joke  as  well  as  the  youngest. 

I  visited  Cousin  Lois's  mother  in  her  own  home,  and  found  her 
happily  situated,  enjoying  the  society  of  her  son  Harland  Barnes  whose 
wife  has  buried  her  last,  and  only  child.  These  two  aged  ladies,  sam- 
ples of  peace  and  piety,  I  wish  the  whole  world  could  see,  and  take 
pattern  from  them.  I  spent  several  hours  reading,  and  conversing 
with  them  on  theology. 

The  third  family,  that  of  Ella  Barnes  Raymond,  has  five  small 
children.  She  is  living  in  a  rented  house,  waiting  to  locate  their 
means,  that  they  have  economically  saved,  for  their  growing  family. 
Ah !  The  youngest  with  her  love  and  brilliancy,  won  my  heart  as  she 
nestled  to  sleep  in  my  lap.  I  did  what  I  could  to  make  my  visit  with 
in}  kindred  a  success,  in  this  particular;  that  they  might  know  when 
I  had  left,  that  they  had  been  visited  by  a  friend.  I  also  visited  three 
burying  grounds,  in  one  obtained  record  of  my  brother  Carlos's  son, 
<ju.l  searched,  until  I  found,  in  another,  my  twin  brother's  remains, 
even  to  the  metal  plate  that  had  been  placed  on  his  coffin,  on  which 
was  inscribed,  "Barnard  Stevens,  died  March  131!!,  1857;  aged  27 
years."  As  the  old  cemetery  is  private  property,  and  being  transferred 
to  the  new,  I  have  since  my  return,  Sept.  16,  1895,  placed  these  re- 
mains, in  the  Salt  Lake  Cemetery  on  my  lot,  by  the  side  of  his  sister 
Jane  Lewis's  child  buried  1849. 

I  had  made  calculations  to  continue  my  journey,  Monday  Aug.  5th, 


nil-:  s  IT.YKNS  r,i-..\K. \LOC.Y. 


but  I  was  as^ain  detained.     I  went  nine  miles  in  a  carriage  to  Aurora.. 
111.,   with  Cousin  Jessie  to  get  her  some  glasses  properly  fitted. 

Tuesday.  Aug.  oth.  Cousin  Lois  wished  me  to  wait  another  day 
and  go  with  herself  and  daughter  Edith,  and  visit  her  brother  (  )rton 
Ha  rues,  and  wife,  and  family  of  six  children  in  Memphis.  Missouri. 
He  served  three  years  in  the  Union  Army,  and  was  wounded  on  the 
knee.  I  saw  him  when  he  was  home  on  a  furlough  in  1864-65.  Apparel,, 
trunk-packing,  lunch,  and  pre-requisities  hurried  up. 

Wednesday.  Aug.  jth,  we  were  to  take  the  cars  three  miles  dis- 
tant at  T.ristol  Station.  My  heart  ached  most  to  leave  poor  Ma  Boomer, 
and  cousin  Mabel's  tears  flowed  freely  as  our  genial  visit  was  at  avr 
end.  as  we  hurriedly  drove  by  Ma  I  James,  she  saluted  us  from  the 
porch.  Arriving  at  Burlington  after  dark  with  Edith  sick,  I  went  to 
the  drug  store  for  remedies.  Here  we  separated.  I  for  Montrose,  and 
they  for  Memphis,  where  I  was  to  join  them.  I  arrived  at  Mont- 
rose  at  10  p.  m..  previous  to  taking  a  furnished  room,  I  ordered  a  skiff 
to  cross  the  river  in  the  morning. 

Thursday.  Aug.  8th,  at  6  a.  in.  I  was  snugly  seated  in  the  stern: 
uid  of  the  skirt".  Crossed  the  Mississippi  and  arrived  at  the  house  of 
Phineas  Kimball.  just  in  time,  as  he  was  on  the  eve  of  going  to  Warsaw,, 
to  an  (  >ld  Settlers'  political  gathering :  but  he  hurriedly  with  his  car- 
riage located  me  as  desired,  for  the  purpose  of  finishing  as  far  as 
possible,  the  business,  that  1  had  left  undone. 

Friday.  Aug.  (jth.  In  the  morning  at  the  table,  Ethan  Kimball 
placed  himself  and  carriage  at  my  service,  which  was  accepted  until 
i?.  o'clock,  and  1  again  had  occasion  for  gratitude.  A  rest  in  the  af- 
ternoon and  I  was  then  driven  to  the  Lower  Landing  to  meet  my  pre- 
viously ordered  skiff,  at  7  o'clock  p.  m.  I  recrossed  the  river.  As 
I  took  my  last  view  of  the  beautifully  located  Xauvoo,  once  a  lovelv 
city  on  a  hill,  where  my  parents  lie  at  rest — Imagine,  reader,  mv 
thoughts !  Then  checking  my  baggage,  I  started  for  Keokuk  at  I  r 
o'clock  p.  m.  I  was  obliged,  with  my  satchel,  to  stop  in  the  middV 
of  a  steep  pitch  to  get  breath,  and  rest  to  my  exhausted  heart.  Here 
I  got  a  part  of  a  night's  rest. 

Saturday.  Aug.  loth.  10  o'clock  a.  in.,  I  arrived  at  Memphis.  Mo. 
1-eing  met  at  the  depot,  by  ( )rton  Flames  and  wife.  After  riding 
nine  miles  to  hi-  farm,  arrived  with  good  appetite  in  time  for  dinner, 
which  was  served  for  sixteen.  About  the  first  subject  introduced  was  : 
that  they  had  two  young  people  down  with  the  typhoid  fever.  The 

was  a  young  man.  and  they  sent  for  his  sister  to  come  and  care 


APPENDIX.  287 

f<  t  him,  and  then  she  took  sick.  1  learned  by  letter  that  she  died 
Monday  Aug.  i ^th,  1895.  They  sent  for  another  sister,  to  come  and 
care  for  both.  This  was  not  a  pleasing-  prospect  ahead  of  me,  but  I 
trusted  in  the  All  Wise  Power. 

Excuse  me  as  a  Suffragist:  and  I  will  tell  you  what  Cousin  Orton 
Barnes  said,  "This  wife,  I,  and  five  daughters  and  one  son,  pull  to- 
gi'ther:  hence  our  success,  with  twenty  thousand  dollars  in  the  bank; 
and  hundreds  of  acres  of  well  cultivated  land,  unencumbered  with 
mortgages."  He  also  like  his  Brother  Harlan  is  filling  many  positions 
of  public  trust.  He  is  also  called  Dea.  Barnes  as  was  his  father  before 
him.  His  piano,  organ,  and  folding  doors  opening  into  his  three 
parlors,  show  that  city  talent  and  education  was  being  introduced 
.into  the  farm  life. 

A  great  variety  of  tropical  plants  were  all  around  the  house. 
Missouri  is  a  corn  state,  but  here  in  the  northern  part  something  else 
is  raised.  To  work  seemed  a  necessary  appendage  to  this  home;  with 
so  many  sick,  and  so  many  to  eat,  baking,  washing,  churning,  milking, 
ice-cream  making,  yes  even  to  riding  the  reaper.  So  many  girls,  and 
but  one  boy.  They  all  seemed  so  well  qualified  to  fill  each  place,  as 
it  came  along.  One  said,  she  "could  run  a  farm  as  well  as  father." 

1  only  got  a  glimpse  of  the  work  on  this  mammoth  farm,  in  the  two 
rides,   over  the   hills,   and   hollows,    seeing  tenant   houses,   and   barns. 
Among  the  rest,  while  there,  a  herd  of  cattle  was  bought,  and  turned 
into  a  large  pasture  to  use  up  the  grass.      Cousin  Orton  said  that  his 
land  would  average  from  twenty,  to  forty  dollars  per  acre.     Says   I 
"You.  with  your  varicose  wins,  had  better  ride,  and  let  some  one  else 
v:ork."     He  said  his  son  was  going  to  attend  the  farm,  and  the  rest 
\\ere  going  to  Memphis  to  finish  their  education,  in  the  High  Schools. 

Monday  Aug.  12,  8  o'clock  a.  m.,  I  left  Cousin  Lois  and  her 
brother  Orton's  family  for  Memphis.  I  got  a  ticket  to  Kansas  City, 
Kansas.  Going  east  to  Medill,  at  12  a.  m..  waited  for  connection.  At 

2  p.  m.  started  west  to  Kansas  City,  arriving  in  the  night. 

Here  I  tried  to  use  my  excursion  ticket,  by  getting  a  lay  off  at 
Newton,  Kansas;  but  the  cash  was  what  they  required  "sixteen  to 
one."  Here  the  immense  amount  of  travel  required  much  care  by  the 
individual,  as  well  as  several  policemen,  that  each  should  at  the  proper 
time,  get  upon  the  right  car.  Of  course,  the  inclining  cushioned  seat 
v/as  nice,  which  I  did  not  always  have,  but  I  was  not  comfortable , 
yet,  very  thankful  that  the  rest  were  asleep,  so  that  I  could  walk  the 
aisle.  In  traveling  one  comes  in  contact  with  many  opposing  condi 
tions,  but  a  little  suavity  helps  to  modify  and  make  many  friends. 


II  IK    STKVKXS    GKXK. \LOGY. 

It  is  a  long  road  through  Missouri,  and  Kansas,  with  but  little 
siay  between. 

Tuesday.  Aug.  131!!.  f>  o'clock  a.  m.,  I  arrived  at  Newton.  My 
mail,  which  I  sent  the  day  before  I  left  Memphis  came  the  day  afte/ 
\  did.  What  was  the  matter — Xo  sister  here — What  was  I  to  do?  I 
enquired  after  the  engineer  Trouslot.  I  was  directed  to  the  place  by 
the  depot  policeman,  who  said.  "You  will  see  the  new  roof."  The 
house  had  been  torn  a  few  days  before  by  a  cyclone  which  I  had  just 
escaped  by  my  detention.  I  found  the  engineer  asleep,  as  also  the  rest 
of  the  family,  save  the  hired  girl.  Of  course  it  would  not  be  right 
to  wake  an  engineer,  to  have  an  early  break  f east ;  so,  about  half  past 
nine  o'clock,  all,  including  my  sister,  Amelia  Trouslot  dined  together. 
li«'w  long  could  I  stay?  And  how  much  space  have  I  left  to  tell  it?. 
Time  was  pressing,  and  space  is  short. 

Julius  Trouslot,  and  wife  Lettie ;  welcomed  me  to  their  home,  and 
set  their  table  with  the  luxuries  of  the  land.  His  two  sons,  and 
daughter,  were  furnished  with  a  piano,  and  school  facilities ;  although 
yet  young,  the  eldest  son.  bid  fair  to  equal  the  best.  The  children 
appeared  kind  and  effectionate  to  their  step-mother  and  parents.  His 
wife  reminded  me  so  much  of  my  aunt  Sarah  Field — intelligent,  and 
consistent.  I  saw  but  little  of  him,  he  was  off  with  his  engine  till  late 
at  night,  and  slept  late  each  morning. 

My  sister  is  very  feeble:  her  wearied  face  gave  me  pain,  yet  she 
v.orks  all  the  time  she  is  able.  She  feels  she  must  be  employed;  as 
she  is  skillful  with  the  needle.  I  had  visited  with  her  twice  at  my 
home,  since  I  had  others  of  my  kindred,  and  the  heat  was  so  oppressive, 
[  felt  I  must  hurry  on. 

My  sister  writes,  that  Monday,  Aug.  I9th,  after  I  left,  their  house 
was  visited  by  a  terrific  hail  storm.  The  hail,  measuring  five  and 
six  inches,  broke  all  the  glass  in  her  north  window  into  small  particles 
and  scattered  it  all  over  the  floor ;  piling  up  a  foot  deep  under  the 
v.  indow  outside.  Stripping  the  leaves  from  all  the  trees,  and  ruining 
her  plants  and  beautiful  foliage.  She  further  informed  me  thai: 
Fugene  had  laid  off  from  his  engine  Sept.  Qth,  as  there  were  so  many 
washouts  that  Eastern  trains  could  not  travel.  Was  not  I  favored? 

Thursday.  Aug.  I5th.  p.  m.  I  started  for  Colorado  Springs.  Not 
until  now  was  I  able  to  use  my  excursion  ticket,  on  my  return;  again 
checking  my  luggage,  and  parting  with  my  Sister  Amelia,  at  the  depot, 
who  feared  that  we  should  not  meet  again.  My  attention  was  attracted 
all  the  way  through  Missouri  and  Arkansas,  to  the  almost  exclusive 


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cultivation   of   corn.     Corn!   Corn!   Johny-cake ;   and   Corn!    Nothing 
else  seemed  to  be  raised. 

Friday,  Aug.  i6th,  at  8-30  a.  m.,  I  arrived  at  Colorado  Springs ; 
very  weary.  After  considerable  confusion  and  delay,  I  got  a  lay  off 
on  my  ticket  for  this  place,  and  Salida.  Here  my  sister's  son,  Rollin 
Eurdett  Trouslot,  met  me  at  the  depot.  At  10  o'clock  a.  m.  I  arrived 
at  his  rented  house,  and  for  the  first  time,  saw  his  wife  and  their  one 
year  old  baby  boy,  named  Rollin  Cunnabell  Trouslot.  Well  they  may 
be  proud  of  him,  a  picture  of  health  and  beauty.  The  father  is  now 
full  of  care,  and  anxiety,  at  work  as  General  Manager  of  the  Colorado 
Automatic  Telephone  Co.,  hence  his  time  is  fully  occupied.  I  gave 
Saturday  up  to  rest. 

Aug.  1 8th  Rollin  obtained  a  carriage  a  3  o'clock,  and  we  went 
sight-seeing  until  6  o'clock  p.  m.  This  was  very  entertaining,  border- 
ing on  the  exquisite.  We  went  upon  the  much  elevated  plateau  to 
the  hotel  of  the  grand  summer  resort.  We  drove  through  Grand 
Avenue,  and  on  to  the  "Garden  of  the  Gods."  Which  is  quite  as  grand 
as  the  name  indicates. 

Aug.  I9th.  We  all  went  to  the  Office  of  the  Automatic  Telephone 
Co.  I  was  charmed  with  the  simplicity,  and  apparent  perfection,  of  its 
work.  At  ii  o'clock  I  took  the  car  for  Salida,  arriving  at  7  p.  m. 
Here  I  took  the  advantage  of  the  lay  over  privilege  on  my  ticket. 

Aug.  2Oth.  At  3  o'clock  a.  m.,  I  paid  $6.20  for  my  ticket  to 
Monte  Vista,  Col.,  and  again  checking  my  baggage,  was  soon  on  the 
way.  With  extra  engine  we  were  tugging  up  hill  through  Royal 
Gorge ;  then  south  to  Alamosa ;  and  then  west  to  Monte  Vista. 

Aug.  2 1  st.  At  10  o'clock  I  was  met  with  horse  and  carriage,  by 
my  nephew,  Barnard  Field  Stevens,  my  twin  brother's  only  son,  who 
was  left  at  six  months  old  without  a  father.  His  wife  Jennie,  a  short 
time  since  having  returned  from  Denver,  having  passed  through  two 
very  serious  surgical  operations,  and  not  yet  entirely  recovered.  Xo 
time  was  wasted  in  forming  an  acquaintance,  with  wife,  daughter  and 
son.  The  feeling  was  cordial,  and  mutual.  No  pains  were  spared  to 
make  me  feel,  that  I  was  quite  at  home.  I  found  Field  a  business 
man.  He  has  worked  for  years  at  harness-making;  and  carries  be- 
tween four  and  five  thousand  dollars  worth  of  stock.  He  also  has 
a  farm  of  two  quarter  sections,  all  under  cultivation,  and  calls  himself 
\\orth  about  eighteen  thousand  dollars.  He  went  to  Monte  Vista 
because  of  being  sorely  afflicted  with  asthma,  about  nine  years  ago. 
and  is  now  a  perfect  picture  of  health.  He  so  loved  the  location, 
that  he  pursuaded  his  mother  and  step-father,  to  move  there,  from  the 


THK    STKVKXS    <  ;KX  KALoC.Y 

northern  part  of  Iowa,  and  they  also  are  in  love  with  their  southern 
Lome,  with  their  son.  and  wife,  and  one  child  near  by. 

Aug.  25th.  After  dinner,  according"  to  previous  arrangements, 
we  started  for  a  twenty  miles  drive,  to  the  farm  above  mentioned. 
My  sister-in-law,  Mary  Boutwell,  and  husband.  Field  and  I,  arrived 
t'iere  just  in  time  to  pitch  tent  and  have  a  camp  supper  before  dark. 
Mraw  was  gathered  from  a  large  stack  and  the  bed  made,  and  the 
table-cloth  placed  on  it.  Thus  we  dined.  How  did  I  get  through  tlu- 
night?  I  divided  my  time  between  the  bed  inside,  and  star-gazing 
( -inside  the  tent.  The  men  were  lost  somewhere  in  the  stack. 

Monday.  Aug.  2nth.  Field  said.  "\Yhat  do  you  think  of  the 
crops?"  I  never  saw  the  like.  Here  the  fields  of  wheat,  barley,  and 
oats,  had  grown  far  beyond  my  conception. 

Should  I  describe  the  scene  as  1  saw  it  in  the  field,  the  accouiu 
would  appear  fabulous;  so  I  will  say,  come  and  borrow  the  book  of  th-j 
<i<  -cription  of  the  valley,  and  its  resources,  and  read  for  yourselves. 
Many  straws  of  grain  are  grown  in  a  cluster  from  one  kernel.  From 
a  cluster  I  counted  from  one  straw,  measuring,  six  feet  and  one  inch, 
and  made  an  estimate,  that  in  the  entire  cluster,  there  must  be  fifteen 
hundred  oats.  Field  said  he  expected  his  farm  this  year,  to  yield 
a  profit  of  from  eighteen  to  twenty-five  hundred  dollars.  The  lan-i 
^  sub-irrigated.  That  is  the  ditches  are  made  ten  rods  apart,  and  the 
v  ater  soaks  under.  This  is  of  but  little  trouble.  The  hard  pan  be- 
low the  soil,  holds  the  water  which  soaks  up.  The  climate  the  year 
round  is  mild.  The  altitude  is  7/X>5  ft.,  the  thermometer  registers 
very  high,  although  the  heat  is  not  so  preceptible  in  the  sun  within 
about  thirty  degrees  as  i>  expressed,  when  a  cloud  passes  under  the 
sun.  a  sudden  change  is  made.  Hence  there  is  a  great  difference  in 
this  altitude  between  sun  and  shade.  The  roads  are  made  by  nature, 
n<  t  a  stone  for  twenty  r.ri'es,  they  are  sandy  and  packed  with  traveling 
over  them.  Xot  a  hollcnv,  or  hill  did  I  see.  One  teamster  with  two 
wagons  and  four  horses  can  haul  seventy-five  hundred.  I  had  no  need 
brush  dust  from  my  clothing  after  a  travel  of  forty  miles,  going 
one  way  and  returning  another.  The  moisture  rises  from  the  ground, 
c;. using  a  dew  that  lays  the  dust.  As  we  were  traveling  for  miles, 
past  these  fields,  covered  with  tall  heavy  headed  grain,  they  extended 
beyond  our  vision.  The  valley  has  undoubtedly,  once  been  submerged, 
h^nce  the  level  sandy  surface.  The  beautiful  white  cumulus  clouds, 
that  seemed  constantly  piled  up  along  the  horizon,  surrounding  the 
valley  on  the  tops  of  the  low  mountains,  filled  me  with  such  admiration, 
that  I  felt  that  it  could  properly  be  called  the  'A "alley  of  the  Gods.  ' 


APPENDIX. 


29I 


I  thought  this  would  be  a  grand  place  for  a  Temple,  for  the  second 
coming  of  the  Son  of  Man,  or  for  a  garden  of  Eden. 

I  must  here  leave  the  descriptive  as  the  view  widens  before  me> 
and  bring  the  reader  back  to  the  house  built  and  owned  by  my  nephew. 
A  few  days  before  I  arrived,  it  had  been  visited  by  lightning.  The 
mother  and  both  children  were  shocked.  The  lightning  passing  by 
the  piano  without  injuring  it,  visiting  three  rooms  in  its  course, 
cracked  the  plastering  along  the  way,  and  entering  the  bed-room, 
.smashed  a  large  plated  mirror  into  small  pieces,  then  stopped  its  de- 
struction by  splitting  the  further  post  of  the  bedstead.  Did  some, 
unseen  power  hold  me  back,  and  then  again,  hurry  me  on,  preserving 
me  from  these  destructive  elements?  I  answer,  yes.  Surely  the  de- 
struction by  the  elements  as  predicted  in  the  24th  Chapter  of  Mathew 
is  upon  us. 

Before  leaving  Monte  Vista,  with  my  nephew,  and  two  children, 
[  participated  in  a  picnic  sociable,  in  a  grove  three  miles  distant.  He 
belongs  to  two  lodges,  or  clubs.  This  one  admits  ladies,  and  he  joined 
it.  that  he  might  take  with  him  his  wife.  The  main  object  of  this 
society  is  to  sustain  a  fund,  to  care  for  the  sick,  and  bury  the  dead. 
This  union  reminded  me  of  a  celebration  in  Salt  Lake  City,  July  24th, 
1849.  Having  been  driven  from  our  homes  in  a  body,  our  love,  and 
interest,  as  a  community  were  one.  So  it  seemed  that  there  was  much 
harmony  with  them. 

Alonday,  Sept.  2nd.  I  started  for  home,  and  at  the  depot  parted 
with  five  of  my  immediate  kindred.  Why  this  parting?  Because 
I  do  not  live  for  selfish  ends  alone.  I  checked  my  baggage,  and  paid 
my  fare  of  six  dollars  and  twenty  cents,  to  Salida.  I  arrived  there 
late  in  the  r%ht.  Now  using  my  excursion  return  ticket,  I  checked 
my  baggage  for  the  entire  journey.  For  three  hours  another  lady  and 
I  had  to  wait,  with  depot  iron  seat  accommodations.  We  watched 
closely  the  clock,  and  after  our  car  was  past  due,  without  any  call, 
all.  rushed  to  the  coming  car.  After  traveling  two  miles  to  the  east, 
the  conductor  told  us  that  we  were  on  the  wrong  car,  and  going  the 
wrong  way.  Soon  we  were  placed  on  the  Pullman  cars  going  west, 
and  rode  in  the  Pullman  Baggage  Car  to  Leadville,  sitting  on  a  couple 
of  camp  chairs.  We  were  the  sole  occupants  of  this  empty  car.  Day- 
light soon  exposed  our  lonely  situation.  We  were  then  exchanged  to 
our  car,  which  had  stopped  for  breakfeast;  but  our  change  was  not 
for  the  better.  This  was  "Peach  Day"  at  the  Junction;  and  fully 
one  and  a  half  car  loads  of  people  were  crowded  into  one. 

Space  here  will  not  admit  of  a  description  of  the  road,  as  we  were 


292  THE    STEVENS    GENEALOGY 

going  to,  and  coming,  this  side  of  Leadville.  I  don't  believe  the  like 
can  be  equaled  on  the  earth,  for  magnitude,  grandeur,  and  sublimity 
of  rock  scenery.  No  one  could  imagine  the  extent  without  seeing  it. 
At  times,  the  car  windows  would  not  admit  our  eyes  beholding  the 
top  of  the  towering  cliffs,  as  they  seemed  to  reach  the  skies.  We  went 
flying  with  great  speed,  and  at  one  place  we  suddenly  came  to  a  stand 
still.  By  looking  from  the  platform,  I  saw  a  very  large  boulder  which 
had  purposely,  or  accidentally,  been  precipitated  upon  the  track,  from 
the  perpendicular  heights  above.  Men  with  their  chisels  and  ham- 
mers, succeeded  finally  in  making  room  for  us  to  pass.  We  now  struck 
the  dreary  clay  colored  soil  of  Colorado,  and  to  add  to  our  sombre 
mood,  our  train  was  three  hours  behind.  Thus  I  landed  in  Salt  Lake 
City  at  2  o'clock  Wednesday  morning.  Sept.  4th.  1895.  Soon  after 
I  arrived  home.  I  learned  that  the  D.  R.  G.  Ry.  train  had  been  visited 
b\  a  "hold  up." 

I  must  here  remember  another  cousin,  who  is  connected  with  the 
above,  now  numbered  with  the  dead,  the  daughter  of  Addison  and 
Louisa  Barnes  Pratt,  and  wife  of  William  McGary.  who  favored  me 
with  her  likeness,  and  family  record,  the  latter  being  her  last  written 
words  on  earth.  Ellen  Sophronia  Pratt  McGary,  born  Feb.  6th.  1832, 
died  Aug.  9th,  1895,  of  fatty  degeneration  of  the  heart.  After  having 
been  confined  to  her  bed  for  two  days,  she  quietly  passed  away,  at 
Garden  Grove,  Anahiem,  Cal.  She  will  be  remembered  as  the  eldest 
daughter  of  her  mother's  family.  In  common  with  the  family.  >!K- 
endured  all  the  privations  of  a  pioneer  life,  having  arrived  in  Salt 
Lake  valley,  Utah,  in  the  fall  of  1848.  We  were  much  associated  to- 
gether in  those  early  days,  because  of  her  cheerful  spirit,  she  claimed 
a  place  in  the  leading  ranks  of  society.  She  went  with  her  father's 
family  on  one  mission  to  the  Society  Islands  in  1849,  returning  in  1852. 

Since  arriving  home,  I  have  taken  up  the  thread  of  life  anew, 
and  am  continuing  the  work  of  compiling  the  Stevens  Genealogy. 
All  records  of  this  family  name  should  be  reported  at  once,  to 

DR.  ELVIRA  STEVENS  BARNEY. 
24  W.  North  Temple, 

Salt  Lake  Citv,  Utah. 


INDEX. 


\Yomen  born  Stevens  who  married  are  given  their  married  names 
in  parentheses. 


Steevens, 
Steevens, 
Steevens, 
Steevens, 
Steevens, 
Steevens, 
Steevens, 
Steevens, 
Steevens, 
Steevens, 
Steevens, 
Steevens, 
Steevens, 
Steevens, 
Steevens, 


NAMES  OF  PERSONS  BORN  STEVENS. 


PAGE. 

Abba  E 36  Steevens, 

Abigail 27  Steevens, 

Adine  24  Steevens, 

Adine   32  Steevens, 

Asenath    27  Steevens, 

Beulah  .  .  . . 36  Steevens, 

Deborah 27  Steevens, 

Ebenezer    24  Steevens, 

Ebenezer 27  Steevens, 

Elizabeth    27  Steevens, 

Frederick 27  Steevens, 

Frederick 32  Steevens, 

Frederick  B 35  Steevens, 

Frederick  Harrison.  .  35  Steevens, 

Grace  M 36 


PAGE. 

Henry  M 36 

Joel 32 

Julia  Ann 36 

Lucy 27 

Lyclia    32 

Mary 32 

Mary   Elizabeth 24 

Mary    Elizabeth 30 

Mindwell   27 

Sears   35 

Sears   36 

Thankful    27 

\Yilliam  W 36 

Zadie   27 


NAMES  OF  PERSONS  BORN    STEPHENS. 


Stephens,  Abigail 162  Stephens, 

Stephens.  Cynthia 166  Stephens, 

Stephens,  Ebenezer  C 165  Stephens, 

Stephens,  Elisha  G 165  Stephens, 

Stephens,  Emma  H 166  Stephens, 

Stephens,  Frank 89  Stephens, 

Stephens,  Franklin  D 165  Stephens, 

Stephens,  Harris  M 165  Stephens, 

Stephens,  Hila 166  Stephens, 

Stephens,  Iru  G 165  Stephens, 

Stephens,  James  A 165  Stephens, 

Stephens,  Jedediah  H.  M 165  Stephens, 

Stephens,  Joshua   166 


Joshua  C 162 

Joshua  C 165 

Mary  M 166 

Nathan   162 

Nathaniel 165 

Olive    166 

Pamelia   166 

Silas 162 

Sylvina   166 

Van  Buren 89 

Velina  E 89 

Mr 45 


294 


mi-:  STKVKXS  GEXKALOGY 


NAMES  OF  PERSONS  BORN  STEVENS. 


PAGE. 

Aaron 49 

Abbie  (Adams)    218 

Abigail 1 50 

Abigail 209 

Abigail  F.  (Felton) 106 

Abraham 175 

Absalom  .  • 167 

Absalom 170 

Adolphus  M 98 

Agnes  Elizabeth 158 

Alan  Hall 154 

Albert 210 

Albert  F 105 

Alden  \Y 161 

Alemare   106 

Alexander  Hodgdon 174 

Alford 146 

Almina  (Stevens) 102-109 

Almond 153 

Amanda 210 

Ambrose  Cyprian 227 

Amelia 210 

Amelia 233 

Amelia  Althea  (Trouslot)    .  . .  .239 

Amelia  Minerva 233 

Amos 141 

Amos 1 50 

Amos 154 

Amos  Henry 138 

Andrew 49 

Andrew 98 

Andrew  J 114 

Andrew  J 117 

Angeline   (Andrews) 109 

Ann  ( Marr) 125 

Ann 157 

Ann  Bent  (Dickerman) 117 

Ann  Gapp  (Reed) 224 


PAGE. 

Anna 210 

Anna  Eliza 161 

Annie 101 

Annie 129 

Annie 210 

Annie  Laura  (Cole) 94 

Arnold 183 

Arnold 184 

Arnold 187 

Artemas 209 

Arthur *  149 

Arthur 153 

Arthur  Edwin 157 

Augustus 150 

Augustus  Chase 105 

B. 

Baker 222 

Barnard 240 

Barnard  Field 240 

Benjamin 39 

Benjamin 47 

Benjamin 49 

Benjamin 90 

Benjamin 102 

Benjamin 125 

Benjamin 130 

Benjamin 150 

Benjamin 214 

Benjamin  S 93 

Benjamin  Willard 224-227 

Benonah 166 

Bertha  A 90 

Betsey 102 

Betsey 1 70 

Birdena  May 97 

Birdie  Margaretta 188 

Bradford  Newcome  .  .161 


INDEX. 


295 


PAGE. 

J* riant  Stringham 176 

Byan  Kerby 175 

Byron 183 

C. 

Caleb  W 161 

Carlos 233 

Caroline 161 

Carrie 222 

Catherine  ( Fairbanks) 40 

Catherine  . 167 

Charles 43 

Charles 102 

Charles 121 

Charles 125 

Charles  .    .150 

Charles  Augustus ;  ...  129 

Charles  Bell 217 

Charles  E 86 

Charles  F 101-109 

Charles  Heber 146 

Charles  M 161 

Charles  W 86 

Clara 105 

Clara 141 

Clara 221 

Clara  M 154 

Clarence 153 

Clarissa  (Smith) 191 

Clarissa  (Bowen) 222 

Clark  . 98 

Clark 101 

Clinton 218 

Clinton 222 

Cora  Ella 94 

Cornelia 153 

Cyprian 102 

Cyprian 109 

Cyprian 213 

Cyprian 224 

Cyprian  Henry 228 


Cyrus  F. 


PAGE. 
.  .106 


D. 


Damaris   (Ward)    244 

Dana  Boardman 106 

Dana  Hyde 213 

Dana  Hyde 214 

Dana  Hyde 217 

Daniel 89 

Daniel 102 

Daniel 109 

Daniel 117 

Daniel  Augustus —158 

Daniel  Bartlett 105 

Daniel  Waldo ....117 

Darwin  Houghton 224 

David  Brainard 153 

Delia  Augusta 187 

Desire 86 

Desire 130 

Desire  Harlow 130 

Dexter   Iio- 

Dicy    170 

Dolly  (Barnes) 247 

Dolly    (Mariner)    125 

Dolly  (Sykes 210 

Dora  May 105 

Dyre 170 

E. 

Ebenezer 166 

Ebenezer 173 

Ebenezer 269 

Eddie  Lewis 237 

Edgar 126 

Edmund  Jonathan 138 

Edward 49 

Edward 125 

Edward 222 

Edward 227 

Edward  M 58 

Edwin 53 


_>.  ,(  I 


THE    STEVKXS    GENEALOGY 


PAGE. 

Edwin  Henry 227 

Edwin  Holland 154 

Edwin  Ruthven 210 

Edwin  \Yillard 227 

Eleazcr 86 

Elias 49 

Elias 157 

Elijah   49 

Elisha 166 

Elisha 170 

Eliza 86 

Eliza 90 

Eliza 106 

Eliza  (  Moran  ) 121 

Eliza  A 224 

Eliza  Abit 146 

Eliza  Almeda  (  Henry) 240 

Eliza  Simons 178 

Eliz.ihr.th    46 

Elizabeth   (  Braloy) 113 

Elizabeth  15.  (  Mathews) 129 

Elizabeth  Laura  Swane    94 

Ella  Augusta  (  Parkinson) 157 

Ellen  (  Simons) 221 

Elsie  M 122 

Elvira    (  Barney) ....  193,   238.  239 
240,  257,  258,  261.  265.  266.  270 

Elvira  Eunice  (  <  livenlief ) 243 

Emily  (  Stevens) 121 

Emily  (  Talma^e  ) 53 

Emma 90 

Emma  (Serney)   . 90 

Emma  E 86 

Ephraim 113 

Erastus 129 

Erastus  Arnold 191 

Erastus  Foote 129 

Ernest  Andrew 187 

Ester  Ellen  ( Hall) 90 

Esther  (  Thompson  ) 65 

Eugene  \Yilliam 65 


PAGE. 

Eugenia  A 102 

Eugenie   E 114 

Eunice 240 

Eunice  ( Spooner)  . 245 

Eunice  C 1 18 

Eva  Louisa 177 

Ezra    85 

Ezra   93 

Ezra 94 

F. 

F.  J 149 

Fanny  (Gates)   191 

Faustina 129 

Florence  (Bennington) 218 

Florence  Eugenie 227 

Frances 109 

Frances  A.  (Pierce) 217 

Frances  J.  (Farnsworth) 109 

Francis 1 18 

Francis  Marian 105 

Francis  Newton 61 

Frank 121 

Frank   Dana   Sweetser 133 

Frank  L 122 

Frank  Russell 154 

Frederick 154 

Frederick  John 154 

Fremont 161 

G." 

Gardner 210 

Gardner 213 

Geanette 218 

George 113 

George 122 

George .  .  .153 

George  A 126 

George  Baker 154 

George  E 90 

George  E 126 


INDEX. 


297 


PAGE. 

George  F 102 

George  Henry 218 

George  Hutchings 157 

George  Lewis 97 

George  Lockhart 85 

George  W 102 

George  W no 

Gertrude 129 

Glendon  Webster  Swane 94 

Grade  (Thibadean) 129 

Greenlief 240 

H. 

Halbert 221 

Hannah  (Blackington)   113 

Hannah 150 

Hans  Arnold 187 

Harriet  (Fobes) 109 

Harriet  (Hanking) no 

Harriet  (Smith) 109 

Harriet 150 

Harriet  Augusta  (Hotchkiss)  .  .   62 

Harry  Clyde 153 

Harry  Iruen 97 

Hartwell 105 

Hector 118 

Hector  L 121 

Helen 125 

Henrietta  (Gay) 122 

Henry 45 

Henry 46 

Henry 181 

Henry 182 

Henry  . 224 

Henry 269 

Henry  Hobart 217 

Hermon 1 14 

Hezekiah 167 

Hinkley 102 

Hiram 122 

Hiram  K.  , .  122 


PAGE. 

Horace  Mann 217 

Horatio 130 

Horatio  Gates 129 

Horatio  Gates 173 

Horatio  Gates 1 74 

Huldah 101 

Hyrum 167 

Hyrum  Smith 138 

Hyrum  Smith 145 

Hyrum  William 146 

-       .-..=3*.    .    ._ 
I. 

Ida  Malinda  (Sullivan) 234 

Irvine 170 

Isaac 21 

Isaac 23 

Isaac 24 

Isaac 157 

Isaac  T .117 

Isabella 210 

Isaiah 166 

J. 

Jacob 175 

Jacob .  176 

Jacob 178 

James . .  .   23 

James  ' 24 

James  .  . 50 

James 69 

James 101 

James no 

James 114 

James 125 

James 130 

James  Franklin 53 

James  Lyman 146 

James  Reynolds 65 

Jane  (Davis) 90 

Jane 231 

Jane ..233 


298 


THE    STEVENS    GENEALOGY 


PAGE. 

Jane  Amanda  (Lewis) 237 

Jane  Leander  (Brown) 234 

Jane  R 106 

Jared 149 

Tared 150 

Jennie 158 

Jenny 90 

Jeruis  C 106 

Jerusha 166 

Jesse 49 

Jesse 50 

Jesse 89 

Jesse 157 

Jesse  Minar 61 

John 49 

John  50 

John 146 

John 154 

John 157 

John 161 

John 166 

John  138 

John 24 

John 102 

John 105 

John  no 

John 121 

John 213 

John  Austin 175 

John  Baxter  (Clements) 43 

John  Ezra 94 

John  Lloyd 174 

John  M 122 

John  V 1 10 

Jonas 49 

Jonas 150 

Jonas 154 

Jonathan 141 

Jonathan 145 

Jonathan 182 

Joseph 49 


PAGB. 

Joseph 50 

Joseph 141) 

Joseph 1 50 

Joseph  153 

Joseph 154 

Joseph 158 

Joseph 1 70 

Joseph  . 209 

Joseph 210 

Joseph  Doten 86 

Joseph  L 157 

Joseph  Smith 138 

Joshua 166 

Joshua 167 

Josiah 145 

Julia  (Hill) 142 

Julia  Ann  (Carlton) 126 

Julia  Ann  (Tolles) 53 

Julia  M 90 

Justice 134 

Justus  Perry  . 188 

K. 

Kate 153 

Katie  (Sylvester) 126 

Katharine 137 

Keziah  Francis 191 

L. 

Lemuel 102 

Lemuel 209 

Lemuel 210 

Lemuel  Benton 210 

Lena 141 

Lenora  R 101 

Leonard no 

Levi 113 

Levi 161 

Levi  H 106 

Lewis 105 

Lewis  H.  H 98 


INDEX. 


299 


PAGE. 

Lindsey  Absalom 187 

Lindsey  James 188 

Lizzie  (Robertson) 89 

Lizzie 106 

Lizzie 153 

Lizzie  Ives  . 61 

Lizzie  Jane 85 

Lois  (Hapgood) 43 

Lois  Ann  (Tanner) 188 

Lois  Ann  (Wilson) 183 

Lois  Willard 218 

Lois  Willard  (Lawrence)  .   ...221 

Lorain 142 

Louisa  (Batch) 43 

Louisa 150 

Louisa  (Pierce) 221 

Louisa  Woodman 105 

Lucius 58 

Lucius  Franklin 58 

Lucius  Kimball 43 

Lncius  Minar 53 

L  ucy .   46 

Lucy  (Fisk) 126 

Lucy  (Halliday) 191 

Lucy  Adams 183 

Lucy  Fitch  (Pierce) 217 

Lucy  Lewis  (Kellock) 113 

Ludwig 122 

Lue  (Carr) 129 

Lydia  (Hapgood) 44 

Lydia  (Phelps) 191 

Lydia  (Selew) 157 

Lydia  Henry 224 

Lydia  Jackson 133 

Lydia  L.  (Rankin) 97 

Lydia  L.  A 98 

Lyman 138 

Lyman 145 

M. 
M.  Luther 153 


PAGE. 

Mabel  Ives 61 

MabelliaL. 161 

Madison 122 

Madison 125 

Mallard  A 105 

Marcus 153 

Marcus 154 

Margaret 122 

Margelia 97 

Margelia  J 98 

Maria  (Pendleton) 129 

Maria  Amelia 177 

Maria  Houghton 227 

Maria  Louisa  (Cox) 146 

Maria  Rosalia  B.  (Stevens)  .  .  .  161 

Mariah  Electa   (Plumb) 227 

Marietta 161 

Marietta 210 

Marion  Christensen 184 

Mark  Burnham 157 

Mark  Watkin 154 

Martin  Luther 50 

Martin  Van  Buren 133 

Martha ^ , 49 

Martha  (Wartford) 106 

Martha  A.  (Willis) 105 

Martha  Lerona  ( Marker) 146 

Mary 21 

Mary 24 

Mary  (Coray) 47 

Mary 93 

Mary 101 

Mary  .   . 122 

Mary  . 129 

Mary 137 

Mary 138 

Mary 150 

Mary 153 

Mary 166 

Mary  (Philbrick) 173 

Mary 174 


300 


THE    STEVENS    GENEALOGY 


PAGE. 

Mary 217 

Mary  A 106 

Mary  Elizabeth  (  Sawyer) .'.  .  .  .227 

Mary  Elizabeth   ( Ward) 61 

Mary  Ellen 188 

Mary  Emma  (  Macy  ) 157 

Mary  F.   (Reading) 122 

Mary  Maria 126 

Mary  Sophia 43 

Mary  V.   (Campbell) no 

Matilda   (Brundage)   141 

Matilda  (Denton  ) 169 

Melissa 153 

Mercy 134 

Minerva 240 

Miranda 227 

Morris 170 

Moses 49 

X. 

Xadassa  (Horton) 150 

Nancy  (Chase) 86 

Xancy  (Stevens) 86 

Nancy 170 

Xancy 191 

Xancy   (  Dickson) 191 

Xaomi 149 

Xaomi 157 

Xathaniel 121 

Xathaniel   137 

Xathaniel  P 209 

Xehemiah no 

Nellie 61 

Xellie   153 

Xellie  . 209 

Xellie  C 65 

Newell    150 

Newton 50 

Xewton  Edward  .-...- 53 

Xicholas 45 

Nicholas 46 


PAGE. 

Xicholas 138 

Xoah 157 

O. 

<  )ates 86 

(  Hive 145 

(  >live  Ann  (Day) 142 

( )liver 109 

Oliver 182 

(  )liver 244 

Oren 90 

Orin 150 

()nn    . 153 

( )rlando 129 

Oscar  A.  .  . 121 

Otho 113 

P. 

Paul 129 

Paul  Elsworth 65 

Paul  Harris  . 125 

Paulina 101 

Paulina  R.  (Heligase) 109 

Permelia  (Pratt) 150 

Perry  . 149 

Perry 170 

Phebe  M.  Cole  (Smith) 97 

Phel>e  Woodard 40 

Philander 150 

Philip  Ulmer 126 

Phillippa 23 

Phineas 43 

Phineas 47 

Phineas 49 

Phineas .  134 

Phineas 137 

Polly 47 

Polly 170 

Polly 210 

Polly  . 213 

Polly  (Baker) 231 

Polly  (Baker) 244 


INDEX. 


301 


PAGE. 

Polly  Vilate 146 

Prince 98 

Prince 102 

R. 

Rachel  Matilda 184 

Ralph 154 

Ralph  M 149,  153 

Ransom  Abraham 184 

Ransom  Abraham 187 

Ransom  Marion 184,  187 

Ray 184 

Rtbecca  Ann  (Campbell) 167 

Reliance 98 

Reliance 102 

Reuben 138 

Rhoda  (Mute) 157 

Rhoda  Matilda 188 

Richard 46 

Richard 47 

Richard 137 

Richard  Hubbard 43 

Robert 141 

Robert 181 

Robert 222 

Roderic 210 

Rollin 233 

Rollin 240 

Rufus 106 

Rufus 121 

Ruth 21 

Ruth 24 

S. 

Sabra  Elizabeth 183 

Sally  (Buck) 102 

Sally  (Stevens) 121 

Sally  R.   (Stowell) 109 

Samuel 24 

Samuel 50 

Samuel 69 


PAGE. 

Samuel 85 

Samuel 113 

Samuel 1 30 

Samuel .  174 

Samuel  Andrews 61 

Samuel  Cunnabell 231,  232 

Sarah 47 

Sarah  (Stevens) 47 

Sarah 49 

Sarah 90 

Sarah  (Black) 106 

Sarah  (Thompson) 113 

Sarah  (Doeing) 126 

Sarah  (Alderman) 137 

Sarah 157 

Sarah  Ann  (Pease) 1 18 

Sarah  B 49 

Sarah  Gill  (Abbott) 43 

Sarah  J.  (Garry) 97 

Sarah  Reynolds  (Foote) 58 

Seneca 101 

Sherman 61 

Sherman  Marvin 53 

Silas  R 161 

Silvia  (Rowe) 86 

Simeon 113 

Simon 102 

Simon  .  . 106 

Simon 209 

Simon 210 

Simon 213 

Simon 224 

Simon 227 

Simon 231 

Simon  . 240 

Simon  Dwight 218 

Simon  Spooner 109 

Smith ioi 

Solomon 4° 

Solomon 43 

Solomon  .  125 


THE    STEVENS    GENEALOGY 


PAGE. 

Somna 89 

Sophia  Beatrice 188 

Stacey 170 

Stanley  Simons 1 77 

Stella  Sophronia 184 

Stephen  F 101 

String-ham  Ashbv 177 

Susan 69 

Susie  Ann  (Buck) 105 

Syri  (  Cramer) 157 

T. 
Tabitha  Elizabeth  (Peterson)  ..  188 

Tamsen  (  Wilcox  ) 138 

Tennie  A 129 

Tliomas 46 

Thomas 47 

Th<  unas 49 

Thomas 50 

Thomas 65 

Thomas 102 

Thomas 105 

Thomas 1 10 

Thomas 137 

Thomas 138 

Thomas 210 

Thomas 213 

Thomas  B 101 

Thomas  Harris 129 

Th<  >mas  Jordan 175 

Thomas  Jordan 1 76 

Thomas  Jordan 177 

Thomas  Jordan 178 

Thomasin 137 

Timothy 98 

Timothy 101 

Tranquilla  Ann  (Triplett) 188 

U. 

Uriah 47 

I'zzial 142 

V. 
Yelma  Elizabeth 133 


PAGE. 

Verana  (Phelps) 137 

W. 

\V.  H 176,  178 

Wallace 122 

Ward  J 90 

Warren 182 

Warren  Abraham 191 

Warren  Field 234 

Weathers 170 

William 21 

William 22 

William 23 

William 24 

William 69 

William 113 

William 121 

William 130 

William 133 

William 157 

William 167 

William 174 

William 182 

William 269 

William  B 101 

William  C 125 

William  C 161 

William  Cullen 221 

William  E 86 

William  K 122 

William  0 86 

William  Orlando 129 

William  P 122 

William  Snow 157 

William  Yates 158 

Willie  A 102 

Wing 209 

X. 
Xerxes  Cushman 43 

Z. 

Zebulon 49 

Zella  Stringham 177 


INDEX. 


XAMES  OF  PERSONS  NOT  BORN  STEVENS. 


A  PAGE. 

Abbott,  Jonathan  D 43 

Adairs,  Charles 218 

Adams,  Lucy 182,    183 

Adee,  Hannah  Lee 28 

Adee,  Henry  Clay 28 

Adee,  Samuel  Haight 28 

Alden,  Lydia  Penning 161 

Alden,  Ziba 161 

Alderman,  Talcot 137 

Alders,  Mr 22 

Allen,  Colby 94 

Allen,  E.  Lenwoodman 94 

Allen,  Guy  Glendon 94 

Allen,  Josephine 94 

Allen,  Mr .    27 

Allen,  Zibel 161 

Anderson,  Augusta 187 

Anderson,  Elizabeth  Ann 184 

Anderson,  Louisa  M 187 

Anderson,  Thomas  Reese 184 

Andrews,  Elijah 224 

Andrews,  Harriet 224 

Andrews,  John  Nevers 109 

Andrews,  Laura  Butterfield ....   93 

Arnold,  Caroline  Searls 134 

Ashby,  Harriet  Maria 176 

Avery,  Susan  P 32 

B 

Baker,  Eliza 247 

Baker,  Edward 244 

Baker,  Patience 247 

Baker,  John 244 

Baker,  Joseph 231 


PAGE. 

Baker,  Joseph   244 

Baker,  Joseph 247 

Baker,  Lucretia 247 

Baker,  Mr 231 

Baker,  Lydia 247 

Baker,  Polly 247 

Baker,  Thankful 247 

Baker,  Stevens 244,  247 

Baker,  William 231 

Baker,  William  Stevens 244 

Baldwin,  Henry 162 

Barnes,  Maria 44 

Barnes,  Lyman 210 

Barnes,  Lavina 244,  247 

Barnes,  Willard 247 

Barnes,  Mary  Stevens  . 247 

Barnes,  Horace 247 

Barnes,  Lois  Cornelia 248 

Barnes,  Orton  Adelbert 248 

Barnes,  Florence  Olivia 248 

Barnes,  Susan  Leanna 248 

Barnes,  Daisy  Emily 248 

Barnes,  Jenny  Estelle    248 

Barnes,  Garfield 248 

Barnes,  Alice  Levanche 248 

Barnes,  Harold  Page 248 

Barnes,  Arthur  Herman 248 

Barnes,  Harold  Raymond 248 

Barnes,  Solon  Arthur   249 

Barnes,  Harland  Ward   249 

Barnes,  Ella  M 249 

Barnes,  Leanna 249 

Barnes,  Dolly  Sawyer 240 

Barnes,  Cyprian 249 


304 


THE    STEVENS    GENEALOGY 


PAGE. 

Barnes,  Louisa 249 

Barnum,  Caroline 32 

Barnum,  Miss 218 

Barnum,  Sally 221 

Barrows,  Deborah 39 

Bartle,  Sarah  A 106 

Bartlett,  Mahala 105 

Batch,  John  W 43 

Bayard,  John  Murray 174 

Bayard,  Mary  Jane 174 

Beach,  A.  S. ' 27 

Beach,  Miles 27 

Beach,  Zera 27 

Bealy,  Emma 35 

Beardsley,  Pheluria 53 

Beardsley,  Seth  . 53 

Beighton,  Lydia 197 

Benjamin,  John 198 

Bell,  Daniel 198 

Bennett,  Ann  F 122 

Bennett,  Zeviah 113 

Bennington,  Lamartine  F 218 

Berdick,  Susan 218 

Bishop,  Cornelia  J 65 

Bishop,  James , 65 

Bissell,  Marian  E 28 

Bissell,  William 28 

Black,  S.  M 106 

Blackington,  Nathan 113 

Blanchard,  Hannah 202 

Bliss,  Jane  L 101 

Bly,  Xancy no 

Bohney,  Julia  Etta 184 

Boldman,  Mary 150 

Bond,  William 198 

Bonney,  Maria  Theresa 237 

Booker,  William 198 

Boomer,  Solon 248 

Boomer,  Martin 248 

Boomer,  Lydia 248 

Boomer,  Jessie  Leanna 248 


PAGE. 

Boomer,  Henry  Rust 24$ 

Boomer,  Mabel  Barnes 248- 

Boomer,  Edith  Lois 248 

Bowen,  Alice  L 224 

Bowen,  Jessie  1 224 

Bowen,  Lewis  Cass 224 

Bowen,  Xason  Cass 222,  223 

Bowen,  George  M 222 

Bowen,  George   Sherman 223 

Bowen,  Edith 223 

Bowen,  Clara  Jeanette 223 

Bowen,  Clara  Louise 223 

r.oxven,  Harriet  Ann 223. 

Ilowen,  Baker  Stevens 223. 

I.Jnwen,  Barney  William   223 

Bowen,  Charles  Oscar 223 

Mouen,  Minnie  L 224 

1 '.« »wcn,  Frederick  C 224 

l.oyd,  Dr 228 

Boyd,  Syrena 228 

Boyle,  John 134 

Boyle,  John 137 

Bradford,  Fannie 248 

Bradford,  Win 18.  137 

Bradley,  Abigail 32 

Brady,  Lindsey 184 

Brady.  Tranquilla  Ann 184 

Braley,  David 113 

Breck,  Nathaniel 198 

Breck,  Sarah 198 

Brewster,  William 18 

Briggs,  Mary 102 

Britten,  Sally 182 

Bronson,  James  Talmage.  .  .54.    57 

Bronson,  Isaac 54 

Bronson,  Isaac  A 54 

Bronson,  Gertrude  E 57 

Bronson,  Henry  1 57 

Bronson,  Sherman  S 57 

Bronson,  Stewart  R 57 

Brook,  Caroline 43 


INDEX. 


305 


PAGE. 

lirown,  Arsemus 234 

Brown,  Dr 214 

Brown,  Elizabeth 168 

Brown,  Florence 126 

Brown,  John  Milton  . 234 

Brown,  Claudia 234 

Brown,  Lula 234 

Brown,  Mary  A 122 

Brown,  Mollie  Jane 168 

Brown,  Ida  F 234 

Brown,  Elvira  Stevens 234 

Brown,  Sarah  Ann 240 

Brown,  Catherine 247 

Brown,  Rebecca 202 

I  Irundage,  Olive  Ann 142 

Brundage,  Edward  J 142 

Brundage,  Eliza 141 

Brundage,  Franklin  Ira  Stevens.  141 

Brundage,  Lafayette  L 141 

Brundage,  Lucinda 141 

Brundage,  May 141 

Brundage,  Maude 142 

Brundage,  Julia 142 

Brundage,  Ray 141 

Brundage,  Lorin 142 

Brundage,  William 141 

Brundage,  Zebulon 141 

Bryant,  Alfred 93 

Buck,  Abram 105 

Buck,  Jared  M 102 

Buck,  Sarah 105 

Bullock,  Joseph 237 

Bullock,  Kimball 237 

lUimstead,  Jeremiah 197 

j'.unnell,  Caroline  B 35 

Bunnell,  Henry 35 

Burk,  John 202,  205 

Burnham,  Catherine 153 

Bush,  Charlotte 149 

Bush,  Frances  E 150 


Byrd,  Rachel  F. 


PAGE. 
,  .101 


Calkins,  Mr 23 

Calkins,  Mr.  .  .  .  r 27 

Calton,  Miss 137 

Campbell,  Douglas 18 

Campbell,  George 113 

Campbell,  George  W. 167 

Campbell,  William 167 

Campbell,  Henry  H.  H 167 

'  Campbell,  Lilly  C ;.".-.,  .168 

Campbell,  Loutishia  C 168 

Campbell,  Minnie  C .  .  168 

Campbell,  Charles  Henry 168 

Campbell,  Annie  May .  .  168 

Campbell,  Rufus  Adolphus  .  .  .  .  168 

Campbell,  Lucy  Ann  A 168 

Canfield,  Mr 27 

Carlton,  Belle 126 

Carlton,  Benjamin 126 

Carlton,  Faustina 126 

Carlton,  Martin ...*.....  126 

Carpenter,  Amanda  M 53 

Carr,  William 129 

Castwell,  Mary 137 

Caswell,  Esther  L.  T 65,  66 

Chadrey,  Sarah 249 

Chandler,  Nancy  S 223 

Chase,  Solon 86 

Chase,  Charles 93 

Christenson,  Annie  D. 184 

Christenson,  Frederick  .  ......  184 

Clapp,  Ann  . 228 

Clapp,  Harriet 231,  244 

Clark,  Martha 86 

Clayse,  Sarah 197 

Clements,  Jonathan  H.  . 43 

Clements,  Lovey 141,  142 

Clinton,  D.  H 27 

Clinton,  Miss , 27 


3b6 


THE    STEVENS    GENEALOGY 


PAGE. 

Clough,  Jonathan 173 

Coke,  Sir  John 21 

Cole,  Clarence  Eugene 94 

Cole,  Eugene 94 

Colman,  Sophia 142 

Colton,  Mary 218 

Comer,  Thomas 198 

Cone,  Lucretia  Susan 247 

Cone,  Sylvester 247 

Congdon,  Abigail 206 

Conley,  Elias 141 

Cook,  Minerva 153 

Cook,  Amasa 206 

Cookson,  Laura no 

Coon,  James 27 

Coon,  Lois 183 

Coon,  Justus 191 

Coray,  Silas 47 

Coray,  John 47 

Coray,  Aurilla 48 

Coray,  Sarah  Ann 48 

Coray,  John 48 

Coray,  Phebe 48 

Coray,  Howard 48 

Coray,  Howard  Knowlton 48 

Coray,  Martha  Jane 48 

Coray,   Harriet  K 48 

Coray,  Mary  K 48 

Coray,  Sarepa  E 48 

Coray,  Helena  K 48 

Coray,  William  Henry 48 

Coray,  Sidney  Algernon   48 

Coray,  George  Quincy 48 

Coray,  Francis  Delevan 48 

Coray,  Louis  L 4^ 

Coray,  Don  Rathburn 4^ 

Coray,  George 49 

Coray,  Betsy 40 

Coray,  William _;9 

Coray,  Mary  Ettie 49 

Coray,  L'riah   49 


PAGE. 

Coray,  Elizabeth 49 

Corbett.  Myron 20^ 

Cotton 20 

Couch,  James 201 

Covert,  Mary  Raker 154 

Cox,  Frederick  Walter 146 

Cox,  William  J 250 

Cradock,  Mr 22 

Craft,  Sarah 201 

Craft,  William 201 

Cramer,  Mr 157 

Crocker,  Miss 201 

Cromwell,  Oliver 19,  46 

Crosby,  Jonathan 239 

Cross,  Mary  Ellen 254 

Cummings,  Elsay no 

Cunnabell,  Eunice 209.  213 

Cunnabell,  Eunice 231.  240 

Cunnabell,  Jonathan 2OQ 

Cunnabell,  Ezra 206 

Cunnabell,  Ezra 209 

Cunnabell,  Amelia 209 

Cunnabell,  Caroline 209 

Cunnabell,  Rebecca 209 

Cunnabell,  Samuel 209 

Cunnabel.  John 193,   194,   197 

Cunnabell,  John 198.  205.  206 

Cunnabell,  John 209 

Cunnabell,  Samuel 197,   198 

Cunnabell,  Samuel 201.  202 

Cunnabell,  Samuel 205.  206 

Cunnabell,  Elizabeth 197 

Cunnabell,  Elizabeth 205 

Cunnabell,  Elizabeth 206 

Cunnabell,  Susannah 197 

Cunnabell,  Robert 197 

Cunnabell,  Martha 198 

Cunnabell,  Abigail 198 

Cunnabell,  Abigail 201 

Cunnabell,  Deborah 198 

Cunnabell,  Hannah 198 


INDEX. 


307 


PAGE. 

Cunnabell,  Hannah 201 

Cunnabell,  John 201 

Cunnabell,  Elizabeth 201 

Cunnabell,  William 201 

Cunnabell,  Sarah 201 

Cunnabell,  Sarah 206 

Cunnabell,  Preserved 201 

Cunnabell,  Molly 205 

Cunnabell,  Mary 206 

Cunnabell,  Rebecca 206 

Cunnabell,  Phebe 206 

Cunnabell,  Anna 206 

Curd,  Martha 1 18 

Curtis,  Annie 126 

Cushman,  Robert 39 

Cushman,  Thomas 39 

Cushman,  Thomas  C 39 

Cushman,  Robert 39 

Cushman,  Persia 39 

Cushman,  Thomas 39 

Cushman,  John 39 

Cushman,  Nathaniel  Pierce  ....    39 

Cushman,  Silvina  Pierce 39 

Cushman,  Joshua 39 

Cushman,  Paul 40 

Cushman,  Eurebia 40 

Cushman,  Clark 40 

Cushman,  Sally  . 40 

D 

Daniels,  Lester 89 

Daniels,  Mary 89 

Daniels,  Thomas 86 

Daniels,  Julia 90 

Darrow,  Alice 28 

Darrow,  George 28 

Darrow,  George  H 28 

Darrow,  Jared 28 

Darrow,  William 28 

Davis,  Ellen 90 


PAGE. 

Davis,  Lovina 90 

Davis,  Joseph ; 90 

Davis,  Joseph  Henry 93 

Davis,  Antoinette 93 

Davis,  Jennie 93 

Davis,  Mary  Electa .  .227 

Davis,  Isaac 227 

Day,  John 142 

Day,  Charles 142 

Day,  Luella 142 

Day,  Julia 142 

Dean,  Evelyn 86 

Dearie,  Abigail 45 

Deane,  Asa  A 45 

Deane,  Harriet 45 

Deane,  Manda 45 

Deane,  Thomas :  ...  137 

Delham,  Mr 126 

Dennison,  Mary 200 

Denton,  John  S 169 

Denton,  Samuel  C 169 

Denton,  Mary  Ann 169 

Dewey,  Sarah 206 

Dewey,  Lucinda  Elizabeth 240 

Dewey,  Ansel 240 

Diamond,  John 198 

Diamond,  Mary 198 

Dickerman,  Issacher 117 

Dickey,  Laura 222 

Dickson,  David 191 

Doeing,  Mr 126 

Doten,  Betsy 85 

Dow,  Ida  M 90 

Downing,  Emanuel 21,  23 

Dunham,  Charles 89 

Dunham,  Frank  R 89 

Dunham,  Charles  Rufus 133 

Dunham,  Rufus  King 133 

Dunham,  Abbe  B.  Estes 133 

Dunning,  Eliza 244 


I  UK    STHVKXS    C.F.N  K.\U  M  iY 


PAGE. 

I  Winning.  C)ren 247 

I  >urfee,  Martha 145 

I  >yer.  Elizabeth 166 

I  \ver.  James 249 

1  Jyer,  Addison  Pratt 250 

1  >yer.  Harris 250 

Dyer,  Franklin 250 


Karl,  John 198 

East.  \Yillmirth 253 

Kdwards,  Amy 206 

Eldredge,  Belinda 23.} 

Eliot.  Dr 17 

Endicott,  Mr 23 

English,  Benjamin 202 

English.  Mary 201,  202 

English,  Rebecca 202 

Erwin.  Mary 153 

Evans,  Ann  Eliza 43 

Evans.  Mr 237 

Everett,  Edward 19 

Everston,  Isabella 54 

Evertson.  William 54 


Fairbanks.  Timothy  R 27 

Eairchild,  Mary  A 6> 

Farlin,  Dudley 27 

Farnsworth,  John 109 

Fassett,  Austin  L 217 

Feeler,  Abigail 39 

Felt.  Artemus 86.  89 

Fe It.  Joshua 86 

Felt.  Peter 86 

Felt.  Lucy  Andrews 86 

Felt,  Jesse 86 

Felt,  Samuel 86 

Felt,  Estella 86 

Felt.  Nellie 86 

Felt,  George 89 


I'Aci  ' 

Felt.  Lizzie 3 

Felt.  Alice 89 

Felt.  Desire 89 

Felt.  Lucy 8-; 

Felt.  Lizzie  D &j 

Felt,  Eliza  R - 

Felt,  Artemus 1 30 

Felt,  Desire  Harlow 130 

Felt.  Jesse  Stevens 130.  133 

Felt.  Lucy  Spaftord 130 

Felt.  Elbina  L.  S 1 31  > 

Felt.  Samuel  Stevens 133 

Felt.  Artemus  Elizur 13^ 

Felt.  Lizzie  Doton 133 

Felt.  Eliza  Roberts 133 

Felton.  Wedon  Massy  P 106 

Felton.  Y\  illiam 209 

Field.  Ebenezer  Sereno 209 

Field.  Minerva  Althea 231 

Fish.  Simon  A 126 

Fisk.  Betsy  A 227 

Fisk.  Daniel 227 

Fitch,  John  H 58 

I 'itch.  Lucy 213 

Flake,  Lucy  H 253 

Flake.  Charles  L 254 

Flake,  Marian  Lyman 254 

Flendres,  Jane 106 

Fobes,  William 109 

Foote,  Jonathan 58 

Foote.  Sherman  Frisbie 58 

Foote,  Ellsworth 58 

Foote.  Henry  Lyman 58 

Foote,  Ellsworth  Frisbie 61 

F<>nl,  Deborah 40 

Foster,  Hulda 98 

Fraleigh,  Jane 244 

Frarence,  Daniel 44 

Frarence,  William 44 

Frarence,  Man 44 

Frarence,  Arabella 44 


INDEX. 


309 


PAGE. 

Freeman,  Jane 253 

Freeze,  Lelia  Tuckett 257 

French,  Nancy 106 

French,  Alexandria 137 

Frisbie,  Martha 58 

Frizzle,  Mr 201 


Galatine,  Albert 175 

( Palatine,  Frances 175 

Gales,  Martha 153 

Gallop,  Hannah  Lake 46 

Gallop,  Elizabeth 46 

Gallop,  John 46 

Gallop,  John,  Jr 46 

Garry,  John 97 

Garry,  Ella  J 97 

Garry,  Joseph 97 

Garry,  Abby  J 97 

<  iay.  \Yilliam  F 122 

Gibbs,  Jerusha 44 

Gibson,  Sarah 122 

Gilbert,  Rachel 162 

Gilbert,  Elisha 162 

Gilchrist,  Peggy 182 

Gillett,  Miss  .  .- 134 

Gold,  Mr 36 

Goodrich,  Alma 35 

Goodyear,  Ann  Maria  . 62 

Gotigh,  Herbert  David 243 

Gough,  Mary  Louise 243 

Graham,  George 228 

Graham,  Jessie  Plumb 228 

Graham,  Millie  Lua 228 

Graham,  Mary  Emma 228 

Greenlief,  Daniel 213 

Greenlief,  Susannah 213,  240 

Greenlief,  Susannah 224 

Greenlief,  Jeremiah 243 

Greenlief,  Hulbert  Stevens  ....  243 
Greenlief,  Mary 243 


PAGE. 
Greenlief,  Malcolm  Cyprian  ..  .  .243 

Greenlief,  Ann  S 243 

Greenlief,  Eliza  M 244 

Greenlief,  Thomas  Benton 244 

Griffin,  Mr 22 

Griffin,  Mr 137 

Griswold,  Lily 24 

Groute,  Catherine 40 

Guy,  Robert 247 

H 

Hadley,  Sarah 40 

Haight,  Hannah  .  ...-.- 149 

Hale,  Robert 201 

Hale,  Joanna 20  [ 

Hale,  Nathaniel 20  r 

Hale,  Edward  E 201 

Hall,  John 90 

Hall,  Mary 46. 

Hall,  Jerusha 1 18 

Halliday,  Alvin 191 

Halliday,  Lucy 191 

Hamilton,  Joseph 27 

Hanking,  Constant no 

Hapgood,  Shadrach 43 

Hapgood,  Thomas 43 

Hapgood,  John 43. 

Hapgood,  John 43,  44. 

Hapgood,  John 44 

Hapgood,  Benjamin 44 

Hapgood,  Lois 44 

Hapgood,  Henry 44 

Hapgood,  Hannah 44 

Hapgood,  Mary 44 

Hapgood,  Elizabeth 44 

Hapgood,  Sarah 44 

Hapgood,  Jonathan 44 

Hapgood,  David 44 

Hapgood,  Moses 44 

Hapgood,  Joseph 44 

Hapgood,  William 44 


THE    STEVENS    GENEALOGY 


PAGE. 

Hapgood,  Rufus 44 

Hapgood.  Reuben 44 

Hapgood,  Henry 44 

Hapgood.  Mary 44 

Hapgood.  Jane 44 

1  lapgood.  Elvira 44 

Hapgood.  Mary 44 

Hapgood.  \athaniel 44 

Hapgood,  Charles 45 

Hapgood,  Luallen 45 

Hapgood.  Abigail 45 

Hapgood,  ( ieorge 45 

Hapgood.  Xella 45 

Hapgood,  Harriet 45 

Hapgood.  Lucy 45 

Hapgood,  ( ieorge 4^ 

Hapgood,  Luther 45 

Hapgood,  Ella 45 

Harlo\v.  Desire 85 

Harris.  Louisa 169 

Harrison,  hired 27 

Harrison,  (  'live 27 

Harrison.  Sally 28 

Harrison,  Frederick 28 

Harrison.  Jared  S 28 

Harrison,  Caroline  P> 28 

Harrison,  William  H 2^ 

Harrison.  Ann  C 28 

Harrison.  Alexander  S 28 

Harrison,  Carrie 31 

Harrison,  Maria  P».  .  , 31 

Harrison.  Fllen  M 31 

Harrison.  Harriet  E 31 

Harrison,  Edward  F 31 

Harrison,  William  B 31 

Harrison,  Mary  H 31 

Harrison,  Hannah  L 31 

Hartsburg,  Klvira  Elizabeth.  .  ..184 

Heligase.  John 109 

Hely.  Martha 197 

Hendrv,  Sarah 141 


PAGK. 

Henry.  Lydia 224 

Henry,  Edward 224 

Henry.  Edward  F 24:1 

Henry,  Edward  S 240 

Henry,  Aland 240 

Henry,  Abby  E 243 

Henry,  Esther 243 

Henry,  Catherine 243 

Henry,  Charles  W 243 

Henry,  Martha  F 243 

Hersey.  Clarissa 113 

Hiett,  Olive 141 

Higgs,  Charles 222 

Hill,  Renjamin 142 

Hill,  Alvin 142 

Hill,  Alfred 142 

Hills.  Elizabeth 54 

Holbrook,  Isabella 54 

Holland,  Miss 93 

Holland,  John 94 

Holman,  Joshua 231 

Holyoke,  Mr 194 

Hooker.  Mr 20 

Hopkins,  Almira  H 57 

Horton,  Daniel 150 

Hotchkiss,  Steven  G 62 

Hotchkiss.  Steven 62 

Hotchkiss.  Amelia  G 62 

Hotchkiss,  Stephen  S 62 

Hotchkiss.  Arthur  N 62 

Hotchkiss,  Maria  L 62 

Hotchkiss,  Samuel  A 65 

Houghton,  Maria 224 

Howard,  Hannah 165 

Howe,  Phebe 47 

Howell,  Clarence  A 233 

Howell,  Walter  C 234 

Howell,  Jesse  R 234 

Howell,  Benriie  C 234 

Howell,  Stevens  C 234 

Howell,  Leah  A 234 


INDEX. 


PAGE. 

Ho  well,  Emma  J 234 

Hovvell,  Barnard  F 234 

Howland,  Ruth 39 

Rowland,  John 39 

Hudson,  Lucy  Ann 167 

Hughes,  Nettie 217 

Hull,  Jane 141 

Hull,  John 194 

Humphrey,  Lucretia 247 

Hunt,  John .250,  253 

Hunt,  Ida  F 254 

Hunt,  May  L 254 

Hunt,  Annell 254 

Hunt,  Christabell 254 

Hunt,  Lewis 254 

Hunt,  John  A 254 

Hunt,  Xettie 254 

Hunt,  Lois 254 

Hunter,  Elizabeth 183 

Hurd,  Lydia 32 

Hurst,  Philip  H 184 

Hyde,  Elizabeth 1 18 

Hyde,  Clarissa 213 

Hyde,  Dana  . 213 

Hyler,  Catherine 113 

I 

I  ngersoll,  William  F 31 

[ngersoll,  Mary 31 

I  ngersoll,  Charles 31 

1  ngersoll,  Wiliam  H 31 

I  ngersoll,  Harriet  Lee 31 

1  ngersoll,  Frank 31 

I  ngersoll,  Kate 31 

Ireland,  Mr 198 

Ireland,  John 198 

Irish,  Julia 93 

Ives,  Ellen  Maria 61 

Ives,  Henry 61 

Ives,  Eliza 61 

j 

Jefferson,  Thomas 162 


PAGE. 

Jewitt,  John 36 

Je\\  itt,  Mary  W 36 

Jewitt,  Julia  A 36 

Jewitt,  Joshua  R 1 18 

Jewitt,  Joseph 1 18 

Jewitt,  George 1 18 

Jewitt,  Harriet 1 18 

Johnson,  Mr 22 

Jones,  Elizabeth 47 

K 

Kartchner,  Phebe 253 

Kartchner,  Orrin  .  . 254 

Kelloch,  Samuel 113 

Kemp,   Orson 247 

Kenneston,  Henry 122 

Kenney,  Sibentree 123 

Kent,  Josiah  P 134 

Kilgore,  Esther 109 

Kimberly,  Mary 50 

Kimberly,  Elizabeth 58 

Kimberly,  Henrietta 61 

King,  Eleanor 175 

King,  William 221 

Kins   Philip 46,  193,  194 

King  Henry  III 182 

King  Henry  VIII 18 

King  James  I.  . 18 

King  Charles  1 19 

King  David 261 

Kinnicutt,  Edward 66 

Kinnicutt,  Lydia 66 

Kinnicutt,  Mary  .   66 

Kneeland,  Joseph 201 

Knight,  Mary  Cooper 125 

Knowlton,  Martha  Jane 48 

Knowlton,  Abigail 149 


Ladd,  Catherine  H no 

Lafayette,  Marquis 173 


3*2 


THE    STEVENS    GENEALOGY 


PAGE. 

Larson,  Alof 254 

Langlin,  Miss 106 

Law,  Dr 228 

Lawrence,  Darius  W 221 

Lawrence,  Oren 221 

Lawrence,  Sarah 221 

Lawrence,  Jennie  C 221 

Lawrence,  Edward  W 221 

Lawrence,  Sabra 222 

Lee,  Hannah 28 

Lee,  Jonathan 28 

Lee,  Henry  P 61 

Lee,  John 201 

Lee,  Mrs 205 

Lemon,  Deborah 145 

Lemon,  James 146 

Lewis,  Theodore  B 48 

Lewis,  Kate  L 61 

Lewis,  L.  A 169 

Lewis,  James 169 

Lewis,  Edward  L 170 

Lewis,  Samuel  E 170 

Lewis,  John  Byron 170 

Lewis.  Howard  L 170 

Lewis,  Minnie  P 170 

Lewis,  Iva  May 1 70 

Lewis,  Lucillus  A 170 

Lewis,  Philip  B.,  237,  238,  239,  261 

Lewis,  Philip  Edmund 237 

Lewis,  William  Henry 238,  265 

Lewis,  Emily 239 

Lewis,  James 239 

Lewis,  Philip  Bessum 239,  273 

Lewis,  Jane 261,  262 

Libby,  Hannah no 

Libby,  Abner  C 89 

Libby,  Jessie  F 89 

Libby,  Dora 89 

Libby,  Sarah 90 

Libby,  Abner  C 130 

Linsley,  Sophia  E 134 


PAGE. 
Llovd,  Phebe  C  .  ..174 

Lloyd,  John  N 174 

Lockhart,  Jane 85 

Lockhart,  John 85 

Long,  Ann  C 122 

Loomis,  Ann 134 

Loveland,  Annie  E 28 

Lyon,  Cornelia  A.  C 161 

Lyons,  Zina 183 

M 

McCord,  John 142 

McGary,  William 249 

McGary,  Emma  F 249 

McGary,  Ellen  C 249 

McGary,  William  A 249 

McGary,  Aurora  F 249 

Macy,  J.  C 157 

Mahoney,  Harrison 130 

Manley,  Loretta  E 32 

Manning,  Samuel 217,  218 

Manning,  Gertrude  H 218 

Mansfield,  Delia 61 

Mariner,  Isaac 125 

Mariner,  Lucy  Ann 125 

Mariner,  Mary  B 126 

Mariner,  Christianna  M 126 

Marker,  Thomas  W 146 

Marr,  Hannah 125 

Marr,  Mr 125 

Marten,  Bathsheba 121 

Marten,  Margaret 122 

Martin,  Eliza  B 122 

Mather,  Richard 20 

Mather,  Cotton 198 

Mathews,  Frank  J 129 

Maxwell,  James 201 

Maxwell,  Mrs 205 

Maynard,  Samuel 247 

Maynard,  Stephen 247 

Melber,  Elizabeth 90 


INDEX. 


313 


PAGE. 

Miller,  Joseph 126 

Miller,  Betsy 150 

Miller,  Jane 153 

Miller,  Minnie 221 

Millet,  Justin 97 

Millet,  Annie  L 97 

Millet,  Alton 97 

Millet,  Mabel  G 97 

Millet,  Jerome  F 97 

Millet,  Ethel 98 

Moars,  Ruth  C 44 

Moon,  Rial 142 

Moran,  Felix 121 

More,  Sarah 106 

Morris,  Catherine 174 

Morris,  James 174 

Morse,  Abigail 43 

Mute,  Orasmus 90 

Mute,  Henry  0 93 

Mute,  Joseph  E 93 

Mute,  Edith  R 93 

Mute,  Ernest 93 

Mute,  Franklin  E 93 

Mute,  Mabel  L 93 

Mute,  Mr 157 

Muzzy,  Melinda 44 

N 

Nelson,  Miss 134 

Neslen,  Eleanor  S 178 

Newcomb,  Summit 161 

Newcomb,  William 205,  206 

Nicholson,  Bessie 61 

Nickels,  Polly 167 

Noble,  Frances  L 134 

Noble,  Horace 134 


Gates,  Edward 191 

Orr,  James 31 

Orr,  James 31 


PAGE. 

Orr,  Ellen  M 32 

Orr,  Jared  H 32 

Orr,  Margaret  C. 32 

Orr,  Alice  Lee 32 


Page,  Homer 222 

Palmer,  Benjamin 69 

Pardee,  Ida  L 53 

Parke,  Ann 40 

Patten,  Maria  L 146 

Parkinson,  E.  A 157 

Parratt,  William  W 82 

Patten,  Melissa 183 

Pease,  Mary no 

Pease,  Grover  A 1 18 

Pease,  Nathaniel 1 18 

Pease,  Albert 118 

Pease,  Edward  R 1 18 

Pease,  Mary  Ann 1 18 

Pease,  George  A 1 18 

Peck,  Nathan  F 243 

Pendleton,  George  B 129 

Peters,  Betsy 125 

Peterson,  Andrew 184 

Peterson,  Charles  0 188 

Peterson,  Tranquilla  A 188 

Peterson,  Obvedia 188 

Peterson,  Carolina 188 

Pettibone,  Sybil 118 

Phelps,  Nabby 182 

Phelps,  Daniel 191 

Phelps,  Miss 134 

Phelps,  Israel 134 

Phelps,  Mercy  M 134 

Phelps,  Emily 134 

Phelps,  Julia  Ann 134 

Phelps,  Silvanus  D 134 

Phelps,  Judgson  R 134 

Phelps,  Chauncy .134 

Phelps,  Willard 134 


3'4 


THE    STEVENS    GENEALOGY 


PAGE. 

I 'helps.  William  B 134 

Phelps,  Betsy 134 

Phelps,  Emily 137 

Phelps,  Mr 137 

Phelps,  Edwin 137 

Phelps,  Abigail 137 

Phelps,  Mary 137 

Phelps,  Eliza 137 

Philbrick,  Jedediah 170 

Philbrick,  Thomas 170 

Philbrick,  James i/o 

Philbrick,  Jeremiah 173 

Philbrick,  Mehitable 173 

Philbrick,  Joseph 1 73 

Pierce,  Betsy 39 

Pierce,  David 69.  70,  77 

Pierce,  Samuel 69 

Pierce,  Abraham 69 

Pierce,  Joseph 70,  8 1 

Pierce,  William 70,  78,  81 

Pierce,  George 82 

Pierce,  Philip  A 217 

Pierce,  Proctor  W 217 

Pierce,  Hyrum 217 

Pierce,  Sarah  C 217 

Pierce,  Frank  W 217 

Pierce,  Cady  Hughes 217 

Pierce,  Charles  W 221 

Pierce,  Proctor 221 

Pierce,  Jason 222 

Pierce,  Lucy 222 

Pierce,  Xewton 222 

Pierce,  Harriet 222 

Pierce,  Clara 222 

Pierce,  Dana 222 

Pierce,  Ida 222 

Pierce,  Nason 222 

Pierce,  Jennie 222 

Pierce,  John 198 

Pierce,  Isabel 198 

Pierce,  Emily 248 


PAGE. 

Pierce,  Mary 198 

Plumb,  Sanford  E 228 

Plumb,  Charles  S 228 

Plumb,  Tracy  Boyd 228 

Plumb,  Ida 228 

Polk,  President 35 

Pomeroy,  Irene 266 

Pool,  Rebecca 167 

Porter,  Elisha 205 

Potter,  Sarah 217 

Pratt,  Aden  1 150 

Pratt,  Addison 249,  250 

Pratt,  Ellen  S 249 

Pratt.  Frances  S 249 

Pratt,  Lois  Barnes 250,  253 

Pratt.  Louisa  B 250 

Pratt,  Ann  L 254 

Pulsipher,  Zera 261 

Pyper.  Polly 227 

Q 

Oueen  Elizabeth 18 

R 

Rankin.  Clark  B 97 

Ransom,  Lemuel 69 

Rasmussen,  Christina  S 184 

Rathburn,  Martha 47 

Rawson,  Edward 158 

Rawson,  William 158 

Rawson,  Xathaniel 158 

Rawson,  Silas 158 

Rawson,  Anna 161 

Rawson,  Rebecca  F K>i 

Raymond,  'Lizzie 248 

Raymond,  Charles 248 

Raymond,  Martin  Z 240 

Raymond,  Carl  Horace 249 

Raymond,  lUirrell  Cone 249 

Reading,  John 122 


INDEX. 


PAGE.  PAGE. 

Reed,  Rollin 224      Rose,  Richard  .  .  , 169 

Reed,  T.  B 224      Rowe,  Lucy . 43,  44 

Reed,  Altie 224      Rowe,  Hubbard 86 

Reed,  Myron 224      Russell,  Abigail 44 

Rencher,  Joseph  A 254      Russell,  Lydia 248 

Reynolds,  Polly 50      Ryther,  Rebecca 206 

Reynolds,  James  B 53      Ryther,  Hophni 206 

Reynolds,  May 54     Ryther,  David   206 

Rice,  Mary 58 

Rice,  George 58  S 

Rich,  Olive 93      Sacket,  Clara  B 154 

Rich,  Dr 177      Sacket,  Dennis 154 

Richardson,  Sophia 209      Safford,  Alary  W 213 

Ridley,  Joseph 53      Safford,  Chellis 213 

Rives,  G.  H 117      Salter,  William   198 

Roberts,  Johanna 166      Sampson,  Abigail 93 

Roberts,  Zachariah 166      Sampson,  Nathan 93 

Robertson,  George  D 89      Sanders,  Sarah    69 

Robinson,  John 18      Sanders,  Eustis 244 

Robinson,  Sally 109      Sands,  Lucretia  L 173 

Robinson,  Eunice  E 1 17      Sands,  Richardson 173 

Robinson,  Lydia 93      Savage,  Thomas 193 

Rockwood,  Josiah 134      Sawyer,  Addison  M 227 

Rogers,  Lucretia 1 18      Sawyer.  Agnes  A 153 

Rogers,  F.  J .' 231      Sawyer,  I>>lly 209 

Root,  Mercy 134      Scott,  Mary 238 

Root,  John 134      Sears,  Alba  Eliza 35 

Root,  Norman 243      Sears,  John 36 

Rose,  Etter  M 169      Scars,  Nathan   36 

Rose,  William  R 168      Sedgwick,  Charlotte 1 18 

Rose,  Ella  C 169      Selby,  Horatio 243 

Rose,  Allie  V 169      Selby,  Horatio  G 243 

Rose,  Mamie  D 169      Selew,  Mr 157 

Rose,  Harvey 169      Selkirk,  Alexander 265 

Rose,  Rufus  1 169      Serney,  Abigail 89 

Rose,  Annie  C 169      Serney,  Richard 90 

Rose,  Eliza  A 160,      Serney,  Delaina .   90 

Rose,  Henry  R 169      Serney,  Samuel  . 90 

Rose,  Etta  M 169      Serney,  Emma 90 

Rose,  Samuel  C 169      Sewall,  Samuel 197 

Rose,  James  C.  M 169      Shafrord,  Lucy  S 86 


THE    STEVENS    GENEALOGY 


PAGE. 

Sharp,  Jeanette 31 

Shattuck,  Ezra 206 

Shaw.  Mary no 

Sheldon,  Ebenezer 202 

Sheldon,  Amasa 205 

Sheldon,  Mr 137 

Sheldon,  Deacon 202 

Shepard,  John 20 

Shepard,  Thomas 20 

Sherman,  Elizabeth 50 

Sherman,  Prudence 39 

Sherman,  Luella 222 

Shurtleff,  Summit 102 

Sibk-y.  Selina 39 

Simons,  Eliza 175,  178 

Simons,  Geanette 218 

Simons,  Frank 221 

Smith,  Desire 50 

Smith,  Jennie  L 62 

Smith,  Clarence  0 97 

Smith,  Laura  M 97 

Smith,  Mr 27 

Smith,  Ann 53 

Smith,  Henrietta  L 53 

Smith,  Mr 109 

Smith,  Susan 109 

Smith,  Joseph 145 

Smith,  Matilda 182 

Smith,  Samuel 191 

Smith,  Emma  S 253 

Smyth,  John 18 

Snow,  Warren 178 

Soule,  Mary 39 

Soule,  Josiah 39 

Sowles,  Melvin  B 223 

Sowles,  Arthur  N 223 

Sowles,  Mira 223 

Sowles,  Melvin  H 223 

Sowles,  Lewis  W 223 

Sowles.  Clara 223 


PAGE. 

Sowles,  Ruth  L 221 

Spann,  John  L 22 

Spear,  Hannah 1 1 

Spencer,  Mr 2~ 

Spencer,  Ambrose 27 

Spencer,  Morton 27 

Spencer,  Ahis 27 

Spooner.  Wing 224 

Spooner,  Ruggels 244 

Spooner,  Daniel 244 

SjxtoiK-r.  Hannah 244 

Spooner,  Eunice 244 

Spooner,  Lois 244 

Stewart,  James  H 166 

Stone,  Mr 20 

Stone,  Georgia 8u 

Stone.  Katherine 133 

Sone,  Georgia  E 133 

St<  me,  Isaiah  H 133 

Stone.  Mary  A 227 

Stowell,  Sally 102 

Stowell,  Rufus 109 

Stratford,  Edwin  A 178 

String-ham,  Maria 176 

Stringham.  Briant 176 

Strong,  Judge 27 

Strong,  Olive  E 146 

Stuart,  Charles 23 

Snlivan.  James   L 234 

Sullivan,  Jennie  X 237 

Sullivan,  Florence    237 

Sullivan,  Carlos  C 237 

Sullivan,  Bessie 237 

Swan,  Emma 85 

Swan,  William 85 

Swan,  F.  B 89 

Swane,  Corie 94 

Sykes,  Mr 210 

Svkes,  Dolly 210 

Sylvester,  Will 12 


INDEX. 


3*7 


PAGE. 
T 

Talmage,  Emily  S 50,  54 

•Talmage,  William  H 54 

•'Talmage,  Joseph 54 

'Talmage,  Emily 54 

"ralmage,  Elizabeth  S 57 

Talmage,  Theresa  G 58 

"almage.  William  H 58 

."'"almage,  Edward  Wright  .  ...  58 

aimer,  John  M 188 

"Fanner,  Myron  V 188 

Tanner,  Lois  G 188 

Taylor,  John  T 45 

Taylor,  Mary  E 45 

Taylor,  Charles  H 45 

Taylor,  George  W 45 

Taylor,  Nathaniel 45 

Taylor,  Ada  T 45 

Taylor,  Martin 167 

Taylor,  Mary 170 

Temple,  Elizabeth 44 

'Thayer,  Almina 109 

Thibadean,  Joseph 129 

Thompson,  Ebenezer 65,  66 

Thompson,  Esther  S 65 

Thompson,  Esther 66 

Thompson,  John 66 

Thompson,  Amy 66 

Thompson,  Sarah 66 

Thompson,  Edward 66 

Thompson,  Mary 66,  69 

Thompson,  Thomas 66 

Thompson,  Joseph 66 

Thompson,  Lydia 66 

Thompson,  Steven 66 

Thompson,  Annie 69 

Thompson,  Lucy 69 

Thompson,  Lois 69 

Thompson,  Jane 69 

Thompson,  Eben 113 

Tilden,  Sally  .  . 222 


PAGE. 

Tileston,  James 198 

Tilton,  Catherine 117 

Tobey,  Eliza no 

Tolles,  James 53 

Tolles,  Dan 53 

Tolles,  Arabella 53 

Tolles,  Jesse  M 53 

Tolles,  James 53 

Tray,  Hannah 121 

Treadway,  Abigail 198 

Treadway,  Josiah 198 

Treadway,  Sarah 198 

Triplett,  William  H 188 

Tronslot,  Eugene 239 

Trouslot,  Rollin  B 239 

Tucker,  James  D 57 

Tucker,  Samuel 57 

Tucker,  Emily  A 57 

Tucker,  William  S 57 

Tucker,  Jesse 57 

Tucker,  George  E 57 

Tucker,  Mabel  E 57 

Tucker,  Alice  Louise 58 

Tucker,  Ellis  Maria 183 

Turliger,  Joseph 141 

Turliger,  Solomon 142 

Turner,  William 193,  194 

Turtle,  Mr 126 

Tyler,  Mary 126 

U 

Uaua,  Mr 266 

Udall,  David  K 254 

Ulmer,  Christianna 125 

Updyke,  Mrs 46 

Upody,  Walson 86 

V 
Voose,  Rachel no 


THE    STEVENS    GENEALOGY 


PAGE. 


W 


Wade.  Mr 231 

Wagner.  Elizabeth 122 

Walker.  Ann 53 

Wallace.  Jane 158 

Walton,  Mary  Stevens 24 

Walton,  Frederick  A 32 

Walton,  William 32 

Walton,  Polly 32 

Walton,  William  F 32 

Walton.  Frederick  Augustus...    32 

Walton,  Frederick  Avery 32 

Walton,  George  M 35 

Walton.  Charles  Goodrich 35 

Walton,  Jennie  Bell 35 

Walton,  Alma  Caroline 35 

Walton.  William  F 35 

Ward,  Sarah  E 53 

Ward.  Frederick  S 61 

Ward,  Jacob 61 

Ward,  Frederick 61 

Ward,  Frederick 62 

Ward,  Frederick  Sherman  .  ...   62 

Ward,  Samuel  R 62 

Ward,  Wallace 62 

Ward.  Elliot 62 

Ward.  Harry  K 62 

Ward,  Josephine 62 

Ward.  Mary  F 62 

Ward,  Frederick  S 62 

Ward,  Harriet 234 

Ward,  Daniel 244 

Ward,  Joseph 244 

Ward.  William 244 

Ward,  Polly 244 

Ward,  Lucretia  . 244 

Wardsworth,  George 126 

Warner,  Mr 27 

Warren,  Angeline 45 

Warren.  Mr 232 

Wartford,  John  B 106 


PAGE. 

Washington,  George 1 38 

Webster,  Ella 221 

Webster,  Minnie 221 

Welbnrn.  John  C 118 

Welch,  Edward 130 

Wells,  Gov 178 

Wells,  Agrippa 205 

West,  Gov 178 

West.  Mary  J 253 

West,  Joseph  A 254 

Wetherbee,  Sally 44 

Whaley,  W.  S.  ." 158 

Wharton,  Thomas 197 

Wheeler,  William 69 

White,  Eliza 150 

Whitman,  Eugenia 102 

Wilcox.  Fanny 21.8 

Wilcox,  Edward 138 

Wilcox.  Sarah 138 

Wilcox,  Thomas 138 

Wilcox,  Hezekiah 138 

Wilcox,  Elizabeth 138 

Wilcox.  Annie 138 

Wilcox,  Susannah 138 

Wiley,  Mr 126 

Willard.  Sylvia  P 209 

Willard,  Lois %  .  213 

Willard,  Sadie 221 

Williams,  F.  G 145 

Williams,  Col 205 

Willis.  William 105 

Willis,  Delia  Ann 254 

Willoughby.  Francis 23 

Wilson,  Lycurgus 183 

Wilson,  Guy  C 183 

Wilson,  Lycurgus  A 183 

Wilson,  Lois  E 183 

Wilson,  Ellen  A 183 

Wilson,  Guy  Carlton 184 

Wilson,  Justin 184 

Wilson,  Mary  M 184 


INDEX. 


319 


PAGE. 

Wilson,  Viola 184 

Wilson,  Lucy  A 184 

Wilson,  Almira 218 

Wilson,  Samuel 218 

Wilson,  William 198 

Wilson,  Mary 198,  201 

Wilson,  Edward 198 

Winthrop,  John 22,  46 

Wisdom,  Hester 201 

Wright,  Charles 113 

Wright,  Nehemiah 209 


PAGE. 

Wright,  Asenath 209 

Y 

Yates,  O.  R 89 

Yates,  Alton  D.  F 89 

Yates,  Llewellyn  F 89 

Yates,  Myrtle  F 89 

Yates,  Agnes  1 158 

Yates,  William  B 158 

Yates,  Octavus  K 133 

Young,  Ena 89 

Young,  Brigham 176,  250 


